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NAVIANT MARKETING SOLUTIONS, INC. v. LARRY TUCKER, INC.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Sanctions
The District Court abused its discretion in imposing sanctions against defense counsel, pursuant to Fed. Rule 37, where plaintiff's counsel did not...

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPP. COMM'N v. ASPLUNDH TREE EXPERT CO.

Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law, Sanctions
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission failed to make a bona fide effort to conciliate a discrimination case in a reasonable and responsive...

BRENNER v. COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMM'N

Sanctions, Securities Law
Evidence of liability was sufficient to support summary disposition against appellants for Commodity Exchange Act violations, and the Commodity...

PALMER v. PIONEER INN ASSOCS., LTD.

Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Labor & Employment Law, Sanctions
A Title VII plaintiff presented sufficient direct evidence of discrimination to defeat summary judgment, and sanctions against plaintiff's attorney...

COBELL v. NORTON

Government Law, Indian Law, Sanctions
The district court erred in finding the Secretary of the Interior in contempt for purported breach of fiduciary duty in managing Individual Indian...

HEARTLAND BANK v. HEARTLAND HOME FIN., INC.

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Sanctions
The record in an unfair competition and Lanham Act case did not support the breadth of a district court order imposing sanctions on plaintiff for...

WAYMARK CORP. v. PORTA SYS. CORP.

Attorney's Fees, Sanctions
As none of the bases for sanctions under 35 U.S.C. section 235 and 15 U.S.C. section 1117(a) was sound, the award of attorneys' fees as sanctions...

IN RE: SILBERKRAUS

Bankruptcy Law, Sanctions
The bankruptcy court did not abuse its discretion in finding a Chapter 11 filing to be frivolous, and imposing sanctions upon counsel for acting in...

RAIL SERVS. OF AM. v. STATE COMPENSATION INS. FUND

Insurance Law, Workers' Compensation, Sanctions
In an action for alleged misconduct related to premiums defendant charged plaintiff for workers' compensation insurance, because plaintiff willfully...

BRICKWOOD CONTRACTORS v. DATANET ENG'G, INC.

Civil Procedure, Sanctions
Order awarding monetary sanctions against plaintiff pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 11 is reversed where the motion for sanctions was made after the case...