United States Seventh Circuit

The district court acted within its discretion in reducing the amount of an original FRCP 11 sanction award by a figure representing a reasonable estimate of what plaintiffs' attorneys fees and costs would have been, absent appellant's sanctionable conduct.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/11/2003
• Published 02/11/2003

Judges

• KANNE, Circuit Judge., Before BAUER, POSNER, and KANNE, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• John J. Curry, Jr. (Argued), Foran, Nasharr & O'Toole, Chicago, IL, for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• David R. Shannon (Argued), Tenney & Bentley, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellees., Kenneth A. Fedinets, Gesas, Pilati & Gesas, Chicago, IL, for Defendant.