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Coggins v. Buonora

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Sanctions
In this case, plaintiff alleges that defendant officers knowingly falsified and committed material facts from police reports, lied to the district...

FTC v. Bluehippo

Administrative Law, Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Consumer Protection Law, Sanctions
The district court's damages order that was related to defendant-storefronts' violation of a stipulated judgment and injunction is vacated and...

Ringgold-Lockhart v. County of Los Angeles

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Sanctions
The district court's order declaring plaintiffs vexatious litigants and imposing a pre-filing order is vacated and remanded, where: 1) in light of the...

ePlus, Inc. v. Lawson Software, Inc.

Intellectual Property, Patent, Sanctions
In a patent infringement action which originally resulted in a judgment of infringement in favor of plaintiff, which was then modified on appeal and...

Berger & Assocs. Attorneys, P.C. v. Kran

Bankruptcy Law, Contracts, Sanctions
In an adversary proceeding in the bankruptcy court, where plaintiff claims that debtor's deficient record-keeping, which led to sanctions in a prior...

Fisher v. Committee on Grievances, S.D.N.Y.

Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Sanctions
The order of the Committee on Grievances for the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, directing that the subject...

Conservatorship of G.H.

Civil Procedure, Probate, Trusts & Estates, Sanctions
The trial court's order reappointing a conservator of defendant's person under the Lanterman-Petris-Short (LPS) Act is reversed and remanded, where:...

Singh v. Lipworth

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Judgement Enforcement, Sanctions
In an action in which plaintiff alleges that defendant used fraudulent representations to persuade the trial court in a prior case that plaintiff was...

US v. Tillman

Criminal Law & Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Sanctions
The interlocutory appeal brought by defendant and appointed counsel challenging the order removing appointed counsel is dismissed, but appointed...

Dept. of Fair Employment and Housing v. Ottovich

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Sanctions
In an action alleging defendant engaged in housing discrimination, the trial court's finding that defendant engaged in abusive discovery tactics,...