Legal Opinion
Golden Eagle Distributing Corporation v. Burroughs Corporation, and Kirkland & Ellis
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided October 9, 1986No. 84-2602PublishedCited by 305 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SCHROEDER, Circuit Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION
This is an appeal from the imposition of sanctions under Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure as amended in 1983. The appellant, a major national law firm, raises significant questions of first impression.
The relevant portions of the amended Rule provide:
Every pleading, motion, and other paper of a party represented by an attorney shall be signed by at least one attorney of record in his individual name, whose address shall be stated. A party who is not represented by an attorney shall sign his pleading, motion, or other paper and state his…
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- Albert J. Gaiardo and Patricia Gaiardo, His Wife v. Ethyl Corporation, A/K/A Ethyl Corporation, Visqueen DivisionCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1987
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