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Holgate v. Baldwin

Civil Procedure, Sanctions
The award of sanctions, under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 11, to defendant is affirmed where the district court properly determined that the...

Johnson v. Cherry

Civil Procedure, Sanctions
A sanctions order imposed on an attorney is vacated where the district court improperly imposed the sanctions without first notifying her that it was...

In re Marriage of Freeman

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Family Law, Sanctions
An attorney fee sanction is reversed where defendant failed to satisfy California Rules of Court, rule 870.2(c), which requires that an application...

Moll v. Bayer Corp.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability, Sanctions
In a product liability suit, the district court did not abuse its discretion in removing a law firm from the plaintiffs' steering committee as a...

Schmude v. Sheahan

Civil Procedure, Sanctions
The district court's sanction order against two attorneys was an abuse of discretion where the sanctions were inappropriately based on a...

Sears, Roebuck and Co. v. Nat'l Union Fire Ins. Co.

Civil Procedure, Evidence, Sanctions
The district court properly awarded discovery sanctions to plaintiff based on defendant's refusal to comply with deposition and document production...

Greviskes v. Univ. Research Ass'n

Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law, Sanctions
The district court did not abuse its discretion when it dismissed plaintiff's civil rights claim because of her blatant misconduct in the course of...

Riddle & Assoc. v. Kelly

Attorney's Fees, Sanctions
In a counterclaim to a declaratory judgment action, the district court erred when it did not imposes sanctions for attorneys' fees and costs since a...

In re Silverton

Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Sanctions
When an attorney has been disbarred and reinstated as a member of the State Bar, disbarment is the appropriate sanction for subsequent professional...