United States Ninth Circuit

A district court has authority under its inherent power to impose sanctions when an attorney makes reckless misstatements of law and fact, and does so for an improper purpose.

Appellate Information

• Argued 11/13/2000
• Decided 02/08/2001
• Published 02/08/2001

Judges

• McKEOWN, Circuit Judge:, Before:  CANBY, McKEOWN, and PAEZ, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Stephen G. Perry, Woodland Hills, California, for appellant David M. Fink.


• For Appellees:
  
• David T. Dibiase (argued), Anderson, McPharlin & Conners LLP, Los Angeles, California;  Richard R. Clouse and E. Sean Archer, Cihigoyenetche, Grossberg & Clouse, Ontario, California, for appellee Diana Carloni Nourse.