Legal Opinion

Securities Industry Ass'n v. Clarke

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Decided March 12, 1990No. 656, Docket 89-6129PublishedCited by 44 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ALTIMARI, Circuit Judge:

Non-party appellant James B. Weidner, Esq., appeals from that part of the May 11, 1989 Order of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Duffy, J.) which imposed a $5,000 sanction on him pursuant to Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Weidner argues that the district court improperly concluded that papers filed by him on behalf of his client, Securities Industry Asso*320ciation (“SIA”), were “frivolous” within the meaning of Rule 11. We agree.

For the reasons stated below, that portion of the district court’s order which imposed…

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