Wanderer v. Johnston

910 F.2d 652 17 Fed.R.Serv.3d 678 , RICO Bus.Disp.Guide 7551 Ted WANDERER, individually as a general partner of Ray De Los Conejos, Ltd., and on behalf of those similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. David B. JOHNSTON; Dennis A. Leatherman; J. Richard Rampton; Agricultural Services Associates; David B. Johnston, Inc.; Promorex Corporation, Defendants-Appellants. No. 88-15759. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted April 18, 1990. Decided Aug. 9, 1990. Thomas M. Burton, Burton, Brunt & Robbins, Pleasanton, Cal., for defendants-appellants. Jon R. Vaught, Day Law Corp., Oakland, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. Before HUG, SKOPIL and SCHROEDER, Circuit Judges. SCHROEDER, Circuit Judge: 1 This is an appeal from a very substantial monetary default judgment entered in favor of the plaintiffs-appellees as sanctions under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 37 for flagrant discovery violations by the defendants-appellants. 1 Defendants appeal, contending the judgment constituted an abuse of discretion amounting to a violation of due process because of claimed…