Legal Opinion
Townsend v. Holman Consulting Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 7, 1989No. Nos. 87-5825, 87-6154PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REINHARDT, Circuit Judge:
With this case, we return to a subject which has occupied much of this court’s time in the last several years: the appropriateness of monetary sanctions leveled by a district judge against an attorney under Fed.R.Civ.P. 11. The rule states in relevant part:
The signature of an attorney or party constitutes a certificate by the signer that the signer has read the pleading, motion, or other paper; that to the best of the signer's knowledge, information, and belief formed after reasonable inquiry it is well grounded in fact and is warranted by existing law or a good faith…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Richard L. Zaldivar v. City of Los Angeles, and Margaret Salazar, Intervenors-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1986
- Poplar Grove Planting and Refining Co., Inc. v. Bache Halsey Stuart, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
- Edmund A. Rachel, AKA Peter Rachel, D/B/A Wildlife Interiors, Plaintiff v. Banana Republic, Inc., Fisher Development, Inc., and the Gap, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1987
- Unioil, Inc. v. E.F. Hutton & Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1986
- Stephanie Hays and Gail MacDonald v. Sony Corporation of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1988
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3Cited by29 opinions
- Townsend v. Holman Consulting Corp.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1990
- Bay State Towing Co. v. Barge American 21 (O.N. 517472)Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1990
- Chevy Chase, F.S.B. v. Kullgren (In Re Kullgren)United States Bankruptcy Court, C.D. California · 1990
- Layman v. CombsCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1992
- Wolf v. Kupetz (In Re Wolf & Vine, Inc.)United States Bankruptcy Court, C.D. California · 1990
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