CHAMBERS

v.

WYRICK, WARDEN

Citator

Cited By (19 total)

• Gonzalez v. Firestone Tire & Rubber Co., 610 F.2d 241 (5th Cir. 1980)
  …Brown v. Thompson, 430 F. 2d 1214, 1216 (5th Cir. 1970). See Silas v. Sears, Roebuck & Co., 586 F. 2d at 385; Boazman v. Economics Laboratory, Inc., 537 F. 2d 210, 212 (5th Cir. 1976); Ramsay v. Bailey, 531 F. 2d 706 (5th Cir. 1976), cert. denied, 429 U.S. 1107, 97 S.Ct. 1139, 51 L.Ed.2d 559 (1977); Connolly v. Papachristid Shipping Ltd., 504 F. 2d 917, 920 (5th Cir. 1974); Flaksa v. Little River Marine Construction Co., 389 F. 2d at 888. Applying this standard, we conclude that the record before us does n…
• Lopez v. Aransas Cnty. Indep. Sch. Dist., 570 F.2d 541 (5th Cir. 1978)
  …R., 370 U.S. 626, 82 S.Ct. 1386, 8 L.Ed.2d 734 (1962). The power to dismiss for want of prosecution should be used sparingly and only when less drastic alternatives have been explored. Ramsay v. Bailey, 531 F. 2d 706 (5th Cir. 1976), cert. denied, 429 U.S. 1107, 97 S.Ct. 1139, 51 L.Ed.2d 559 (1977). Exercise of the power is, however, committed to the sound discretion of the trial court, and appellate review is confined solely to whether the trial court has abused that discretion. Id.; Marshall v. Sielaff…
• Mrs. Althea Anthony v. Marion Cnty. Gen. Hosp., 617 F.2d 1164 (5th Cir. 1980)
  …macious conduct by the plaintiff” exists, Gonzalez, supra, 610 F. 2d 241 (5th Cir. 1980); Lopez, supra, 570 F. 2d 541; Silas v. Sears, Roebuck & Co., Inc., 586 F. 2d 382 (5th Cir. 1978); Ramsay v. Bailey, 531 F. 2d 706 (5th Cir. 1976), cert. denied, 429 U.S. 1107, 97 S.Ct. 1139, 51 L.Ed.2d 557 (1977); E. F. Hutton v. Moffatt, 460 F. 2d 284 (5th Cir. 1972). On appeal, this court must confine itself to the determination of whether the district court abused its discretion. National Hockey League v. Metropolitan…