all - Opinion Summaries

SULLIVAN v. HUNT

Attorney's Fees, Criminal Law & Procedure, Sanctions
District court is affirmed where 18 U.S.C. section 1964 allows plaintiffs who successfully bring suit under RICO to recover costs and attorney's fees,...

VOLLMER v. PUBLISHERS CLEARING HOUSE

Class Actions, Sanctions
District court's imposition of Rule 11 sanctions is vacated where the record does not support the finding that two attorneys sought to intervene in...

CERUTTI v. BASF CORP.

Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law, Sanctions
In an action alleging age, race, and national origin violations of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act and Title VII, summary judgment to...

TOP ENTM'T, INC. v. TORREJON

Civil Procedure, Sanctions
Because motion Rule 44.l(d) embodies a policy judgment that obstinate and frivolous actions require the imposition of some attorney's fees as a...

MORRISSEY v. STUTEVILLE

Bankruptcy Law, Sanctions
The Bankruptcy Appellate Panel's imposition of sanctions on an attorney is affirmed where no "abuse of discretion" was found.

US v. ARREDONDO

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sanctions
District court's denial of postconviction relief is affirmed. Conviction for contempt is reversed where contempt liability cannot be imposed,...

TENNKU v. NORMANDY BANK

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law, Sanctions
On an Equal Pay Act claim, plaintiff failed to show her work was substantially equal to the male employee to whom she sought to compare her salary....

BUTLER v. BIOCORE MED. TECH., INC.

Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Sanctions
District court order finding that plaintiff violated Canon 9 and MRPC 8.4(g)is affirmed where, the finding that an attorney has committed an ethical...

WHEELER v. MO HIGHWAY & TRANS.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law, Sanctions
In an employment discrimination case, the district court's judgment in favor of plaintiff is affirmed where the evidence was sufficient to support...

IN RE HAWORTH

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Sanctions
In an Chapter 7 case, the district court's dismissal for lack of jurisdiction is affirmed where plaintiff misconstrued the magistrate judge's order...