HUG, Circuit Judge:
The sole issue in this diversity action is whether the district court abused its discretion in requiring, on the eve of trial, a $500,000 cost bond as a condition to proceeding to trial. The litigation had proceeded for three years without a demand for a cost bond. The district court granted defendants' motion for a bond five days before trial. When the plaintiffs were unable to post the bond, the district court dismissed the action. We hold that...
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