Town Sound & Custom Tops, Inc. v. Chrysler Motors Corp.

How later courts describe this case

• holding that an appellate court may only consider those facts which have been duly certified in the record on appeal
• finding that claimant was given notice when claimant’s daughter received and signed for it
• applying the doctrine “sparingly” and only in “extreme cases” such as when a plaintiff timely filed defective pleadings, was tricked by an adversary into letting the time period elapse, or when the EEOC’s notice was inadequate
• applying the doctrine “sparingly” and only in “extreme cases” such as when a plaintiff filed defective pleadings, was tricked by an adversary into letting the time period elapse, or when the EEO’s notice was inadequate
• filing period ran from date right-to-sue letter was delivered to plaintiffs home
• plaintiff must establish injury to competition, not simply to itself
• discussing remedies available to a victim of unduly protracted litigation
• relevant market was all automobiles, not just Chrysler automobiles