all - Opinion Summaries

US v. GONZALES

Civil Procedure, Criminal Law & Procedure, Sanctions
A former Assistant U.S. Attorney had no standing to seek review of a district court post-judgment order allegedly censuring him for misconduct in...

PEOPLE v. MUHAMMAD

Civil Procedure, Criminal Law & Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Sanctions
A monetary fine levied under Code of Civil Procedure section 177.5, against a prosecutor for exercising unconstitutional jury peremptory challenges,...

OLCOTT v. DELAWARE FLOOD CO.

Civil Procedure, Sanctions
The district court did not dismiss all of plaintiff's substantive claims, but retained jurisdiction to enforce a sanction, and appropriately entered a...

US v. JOHNSON

Civil Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Sanctions
The district court properly found that a paralegal and consulting service engaged in the unauthorized practice of law under Illinois law, and...

G.C. v. WILSON

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Sanctions
Federal law governed confirmability of an arbitration award, and the district court did not err failing to consider legality of a franchise agreement...

HARTMARX CORP. v. ABBOUD

Corporation & Enterprise Law, M&A, Sanctions, Securities Law
Investors' purportedly false statements concerning financing for a proposed deal, and actions taken in acquisition efforts, did not run so far afoul...

AURA LAMP & LIGHTING, INC. v. INT'L TRADING CORP.

Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Patent, Sanctions
The Federal Circuit has jurisdiction over an appeal where a complaint contained a claim for patent invalidity, but an appeal from the district court's...

ROBERTS v. GALEN OF VIRGINIA, INC.

Civil Procedure, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Sanctions
In a suit alleging improper transfer of a patient, district judge conducted an adequate investigation after a Batson claim, and alleged expert witness...

BASS v. E. I. DUPONT DE NEMOURS & CO.

Labor & Employment Law, Sanctions
Where the district court failed to comply with Rule 11 when it issued its sanctions against plaintiff, who's discrimination and conspiracy claims were...

KULSHRESTHA v. FIRST UNION COMMERCIAL CORP.

Civil Procedure, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Sanctions
Compliance with Code of Civil Procedure section 2015.5 is necessary to subject a declaration signer to the perjury provisions of Penal Code section...