Wyle v. R.J. Reynolds Industries, Inc.

709 F.2d 585 Frederick S. WYLE, Professional Corp., Trustee in Bankruptcy for Pacific Far East Line, Inc., Bankrupt, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. R.J. REYNOLDS INDUSTRIES, INC., R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, R.J. Reynolds Leasing Company, Sea-Land Services, Inc., and McLean Industries, Inc., Defendants-Appellees. No. 82-4266. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted March 18, 1983. Decided June 30, 1983. William A. Wineberg, Jr., Broad, Schulz, Larson & Wineberg, San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiff-appellant. Guy M. Struve, Lawrence E. Walsh, Mark E. Segall, Robert D. Kimball, Davis, Polk & Wardwell, New York City, Charles B. Cohler, Lasky, Haas, Cohler & Munter, San Francisco, Cal., for defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. Before WRIGHT, CANBY, and BOOCHEVER, Circuit Judges. EUGENE A. WRIGHT, Circuit Judge: 1 In this appeal, we consider whether the district court abused its discretion when it dismissed Pacific Far East Line's (PFEL) complaint as a sanction for its false denials of rebating and its failure to comply with the court's discovery orders. We find the dismissal…