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LINK v. WABASH RAILROAD COMPANY

No. 13221.

291 F.2d 542 (1961)

William LINK, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. WABASH RAILROAD COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Seventh Circuit.

Rehearing Denied June 29, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jay E. Darlington, Hammond, Ind., for appellant.

John F. Bodle, Lafayette, Ind., George T. Schilling, Lafayette, Ind. (Stuart, Branigin, Ricks & Schilling, Lafayette, Ind., of counsel), for defendant-appellee.

Before HASTINGS, Chief Judge, SCHNACKENBERG and KNOCH, Circuit Judges.

HASTINGS, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal by plaintiff from an order of the district court entered October 12, 1960 dismissing this cause of action for failure of plaintiff's counsel to appear in court for a pre-trial conference scheduled for hearing on that date.

The order appealed from reads:

"Pursuant to the inherent powers of the Court, and upon failure of plaintiff's counsel to appear at a pre-trial, which was scheduled for today, October 12,...

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