United States Second Circuit

In an action involving sanctions imposed on a law firm and its partners, district court's judgment is affirmed in part and reversed in part where: 1) sanction against the firm for the voluntary dismissal and the use of deposition transcripts was unjustified absent other specific evidence of the law firm's bad faith; 2) sanction against law firm partner Reiner was in error absent other specific evidence of his intentional misconduct and because his sanctioned actions were procedurally adequate; and 3) court did not abuse its discretion in its sanctions against law firm partner Peters.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/21/2009
• Published 04/21/2009

Judges

• DENNIS JACOBS, Chief Judge:, Before:  JACOBS, Chief Judge, McLAUGHLIN, B.D. PARKER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Fred Warder, Esq., Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler, LLP, New York, N.Y., for Appellant, Marc S. Reiner., Francis Carling, Esq., Collazo Carling & Mish, LLP, New York, N.Y., for Appellant, Kristan Peters., Frank H. Wohl, Esq., Lankler Siffer & Wohl, LLP, New York, N.Y., for Appellant, Dorsey & Whitney, LLP.