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A-Z INT'L v. PHILLIPS

Admiralty, Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law, Sanctions, Workers' Compensation
Section 927(b) of the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act does not afford a federal district court subject matter jurisdiction to sanction...

IN RE: PENNIE & EDMONDS LLP

Civil Procedure, Sanctions
Where a sua sponte Rule 11 sanction denies a lawyer the opportunity to withdraw the challenged document pursuant to the "safe harbor" provision of...

MHC INV. CO. v. RACOM CORP.

Civil Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Sanctions
District court did not err in finding that claims and defenses asserted by a law firm were not supported by fact or law, and did not err in imposing...

IN RE DYER

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Property Law & Real Estate, Sanctions
Significant punitive sanctions are not available under either the civil contempt authority of 11 U.S.C. section 105(a) or the bankruptcy court's...

IN RE: SMOTHERS

Criminal Law & Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Sanctions
A citation for criminal contempt against an assistant federal defender is vacated, where the district court did not follow the proper notification...

WILSON v. COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMM'N

Sanctions, Securities Law
Petitioner violated Section 4c(a)(A) of the Commodity Exchange Act by participating in "wash sales," and imposition of a cease and desist order,...

SEC v. VITTOR

Sanctions, Securities Law
District court's order, commanding defendant to comply with the SEC's decision affirming NASD's sanctions against him, is affirmed where the SEC did...

DOTSON v. BRAVO

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Sanctions
Dismissal with prejudice of a civil rights lawsuit, as an FRCP 37(b) sanction, is affirmed where plaintiff deliberately filed his claim under a false...

TARECO PROPS., INC. v. MORRISS

Civil Procedure, Judgement Enforcement, Sanctions
FRCP will not provide relief to a party claiming a strategic error in agreeing to an order to partially satisfy a judgment debt, before litigating a...

EICHENBAUM v. ALON

Attorney's Fees, Sanctions
Plaintiff's voluntary dismissal of his action with prejudice, after defendant's motion for sanctions had been filed and taken under submission, did...