HYDE & DRATH v. BAKER

Nos. 92-15863, 92-15867 and 92-15870.

24 F.3d 1162 (1994)

HYDE & DRATH, a Professional Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Kenneth R. BAKER, et al.; Olivia Decker; W.C. Baker; Colonial Title Guaranty Company; Michael Salter; Jay Hinrichs; John Murren; Contempo Realty, Defendants-Appellees. TUNGSTEN CONTACT MANUFACTURING CO., et al., Plaintiffs, GW Development Corporation, Ltd., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Kenneth R. BAKER, et al., Defendants-Appellees. TUNGSTEN CONTACT MANUFACTURING COMPANY, World Union Corp., Ltd.; Stonehaven Investments, Ltd.; Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Kenneth R. BAKER, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided May 20, 1994.

As Amended July 25, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas F. Hyde and Sharon B. Futerman, Hyde & Drath, San Francisco, CA, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Stephen Kaus, Cooper, White & Cooper, San Francisco, CA, for defendant-appellee Baker.

Gary Nadler, Hirschfield & Nadler, Petaluma, CA, for defendant-appellee Decker.

Anthony Cohen, Clement, Fitzpatrick & Kenworthy, Santa Rosa, CA, for defendants-appellees Colonial and Salter.

Clayton W. Brunsell, Oakland, CA, for defendants-appellees Hinrichs, Murren and Contempo Realty.

Before: BOOCHEVER, THOMPSON, and O'SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judges.


Opinion by Judge O'SCANNLAIN

O'SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge:

We must decide whether the district court properly dismissed a complaint and imposed sanctions because of repeated failure to attend scheduled depositions.

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From 1989 until 1992, plaintiffs-appellants Tungsten Contact Manufacturing Company ("Tungsten"), Grover Investments, Ltd. ("Grover"), World Union Corporation, Ltd. ("World Union"), Stonehaven Investments, Ltd. ("Stonehaven"), and...

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