United States Ninth Circuit

Under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 37(c)(1), a court may impose an evidentiary sanction for failure to produce an expert witness report 30 days after disclosure even if there is no court order to do so and no bad faith.

Appellate Information

• Argued 06/14/2001
• Decided 08/08/2001
• Published 08/08/2001

Judges

• BETTY B. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:, Before:  B. FLETCHER, MELVIN BRUNETTI, and RAYMOND C. FISHER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Alan J. Lerner, Kalispell, Montana for the plaintiffs-appellees-cross-appellants., Ward E. Taleff, Alexander, Baucus, Taleff & Paul, Great Falls, Montana for the plaintiffs-appellees-cross-appellants., Daniel U. Smith, Kentfield, California for the defendants-appellants-cross-appellees., A. Barry Cappello, Cappello & McCann, Santa Barbara, California for the defendants-appellants-cross-appellees., William O. Bronson, Great Falls, Montana for the defendants-appellants-cross-appellees., William E. Ireland, Haight, Brown & Bonesteel LLP, Los Angeles, California for the defendants-appellants-cross-appellees.