Legal Opinion
Zerman v. Jacobs
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided December 13, 1984No. 287, Docket 84-7373PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Per curiam
When a party, after engaging in a course of harassing litigation, appeals the denial of a Rule 60(b) motion on patently frivolous grounds, double costs plus attorneys fees should be assessed under Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 38. Ernest R. Zerman, a lawyer, appeals from an order of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Edward Weinfeld, J.) that denied his Rule 60(b) motion to set aside that court’s order, which confirmed an arbitration award and entered judgment in favor of defendants Bache Halsey Stuart Shields Inc., the name of which has been changed…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Wilko v. SwanSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Evelyn ZERMAN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. George BALL, Robert Fomon, and E.F. Hutton & Company, Inc., Defendants-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1984
- Zerman v. JacobsDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1981
- Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 91,916 Evelyn Zerman v. Andrew J. Melton, Jr., Robert M. Gardiner, Peter Byrne and Dean Witter Reynolds, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1984
- Zerman v. JacobsCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1981
3Cited by11 opinions
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