Legal Opinion
Travelers Insurance v. St. Jude Hospital of Kenner, La., Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 21, 1994No. 94-30272PublishedCited by 68 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RHESA HAWKINS BARKSDALE, Circuit Judge:
Kenneth C. Fonte, counsel for defendants, appeals the district court’s imposition of sanctions against him under 28 U.S.C. § 1927 (multiplying proceedings “unreasonably and vexatiously”). We AFFIRM.
I
More than a year after judgment for Travelers Insurance Company (based on a jury verdict) was entered, see Travelers Ins. Co. v. St. Jude Hosp. of Kenner, La., Inc., 21 F.3d 1107 (5th Cir.1994) (No. 92-09579; unpublished), defendants (Liljebergs) 1 moved to vacate it pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 60(b)(6), claiming that, because of his membership in The Boston…
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