Legal Opinion
Sussman v. Bank of Israel
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided June 2, 1995No. Nos. 1034, 1035, Dockets 94-7437, 94-7481PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KEARSE, Circuit Judge:
Nathan Lewin, Esq., an attorney for the plaintiffs herein whose complaint was dismissed on the ground of forum non conve-niens, appeals from so much of a judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Charles S. Haight, Jr., Judge, as imposed a $50,000 sanction against Lewin pursuant to Fed. R.Civ.P. 11 and the court’s inherent power on the ground that the complaint, signed by Lewin, had been filed in part for an improper purpose. The court held that, although plaintiffs were also motivated in part by a proper purpose, the presence of…
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