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GARRISON v. CASSENS TRANSP. CO.

Contracts, Labor & Employment Law, Sanctions
Evidence at trial in a driver's claim under section 301 of the Labor Management Relations Act was insufficient to establish a breach of the duty of...

US v. FERRARA

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sanctions, Sentencing
Following a conviction for six contempt of court violations under 18 U.S.C. section 401, the district court did not err in sentencing defendant under...

AMMEX, INC. v. US

Administrative Law, International Trade, Oil and Gas Law, Sanctions
Because res judicata does not preclude the United States Customs Service from revoking its approval of the sale of gasoline and diesel fuel on a duty-...

BARNARD v. LANGER

Attorney's Fees, Legal Malpractice, Sanctions
In a negligence action against plaintiff's law firm for accepting a land dispute settlement for too little money, the grant of a non-suit in favor of...

RICE v. CITY OF CHICAGO

Civil Rights, Sanctions
The district judge abused his discretion in dismissing plaintiff's Civil Rights case where the attorneys for the City were as guilty as plaintiff's...

ASHBY v. MCKENNA

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Sanctions
Dismissal with prejudice of a prisoner's 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit, as a sanction for discovery abuse under FRCP 37(a)(2)(B), was an abuse of...

MAYNARD v. NYGREN

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Sanctions
Clear and convincing evidence of willfulness, bad faith, or fault is required in order to warrant dismissal of an action as a discovery sanction. A...

YOUNG v. GORDON

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Sanctions
Dismissal of action for breach of contract and tortious interference with business relationships is affirmed, for plaintiff's repeated failures to...

KAPLAN v. DAIMLERCHRYSLER, A.G.

Civil Procedure, Sanctions
A district judge erred, both procedurally and on the merits, in sua sponte imposing FRCP 11 sanctions against a party for filing, the judge concluded,...

DO v. SUPERIOR COURT OF ORANGE COUNTY (NGUYEN)

Attorney's Fees, Sanctions
Fees or monetary sanctions in the form of fees may be ordered where the award does not result in disparate treatment between litigants, regardless of...