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Ritchie v. US

Civil Procedure, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Sanctions
In a suit brought under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) involving alleged governmental-drugging activity, grant of the government's motion for...

Sterling Consulting Corp. v. IRS

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Sanctions, Tax Law
Sanctions order against the IRS is vacated where the order was reviewable and the behavior that triggered the sanctions was not arguably improper.

Gemmy Indus. Corp. v. Chrisha Creations Ltd.

Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Patent, Sanctions
Summary judgment for defendant, pursuant to a finding that a patent involving a holiday decoration was invalid on the ground that the invention was on...

May v. Barthet

Civil Procedure, Sanctions
Sanctions are imposed on petitioner where he abused the processes of the court and hindered the ability of the court to properly resolve the matters...

The Baker Group v. Burlington N. & Santa Fe Ry. Co.

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Contracts, Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Injury & Tort Law, Sanctions, Transportation
In an action against a railway company asserting contract and tort claims arising out of a railcar lease agreement, pretrial rulings and judgment as a...

ZiLOG, Inc. v. Corning

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies, Sanctions
A bankruptcy court's decisions are reversed as to: 1) grant of summary judgment to a bankruptcy debtor on female employees' sex discrimination claims;...

Carter v. Ashland, Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law, Sanctions
An appeal is dismissed for lack of jurisdiction where a challenged order, dismissing a Title VII employment discrimination case as a sanction for the...

McFadden v. Alliance Med. Practices, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Sanctions
Grant of defendants' motion to enforce a settlement agreement and a requirement that plaintiff sign a general release is reversed where there was a...

Boby Express Co. v. Guerin

Civil Procedure, Family Law, Sanctions
Certiorari is granted and an order of contempt quashed where: 1) the order did not include a purge provision; 2) the magnitude of the fine suggested a...

In re: F. Lee Bailey

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Professional Malpractice, Sanctions
Reciprocal disbarment of an attorney from the federal district court for the district of Massachusetts is affirmed where the district court was within...