Legal Opinion

Sandra Lou Southerland v. Frank Irons, Richard L. Wolk, Michigan Department of Social Services

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Decided August 29, 1980No. 78-1147PublishedCited by 39 opinions

1Per curiam

Attorney Richard L. Wolk appeals from the finding by District Judge Robert E. DeMascio that Wolk perpetrated a fraud on the court. Reference is made to the published opinion of the district court for a comprehensive statement of the facts. Southerland v. County of Oakland, 77 F.R.D. 727 (E.D.Mich.1978). We affirm.

Wolk filed the underlying civil rights action in 1973 on behalf of the plaintiff, Sandra Lou Southerland. Mrs. Southerland’s cause of action arose from a confrontation between her husband and Oakland County, Michigan, Sheriff’s Deputies which left her husband permanently…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Root Refining Co. v. Universal Oil Products Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1948
  2. Anna Knoll and Rose Keller v. Socony Mobil Oil Company, Inc., a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1966
  3. Pancho Barnes, Also Known as Florence Lowe Barnes v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1956
  4. United States v. International Telephone & Telegraph Corp.District Court, D. Connecticut · 1972
  5. Nader v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1973

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3Cited by39 opinions

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  4. Kem Manufacturing Corporation v. Ray J. Wilder, and Rjw, Incorporated, Harold J. Gaines, Non-Party Movant-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1987
  5. Synanon Church v. United StatesDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1984

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