Legal Opinion
Ortho Pharmaceutical Corporation and Johnson & Johnson (Hong Kong) Ltd. v. Sona Distributors and Elmcrest Trading, Ltd.
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided June 27, 1988No. 87-5175PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDMONDSON, Circuit Judge:
In this appeal, defendants-appellants Sona Distributors, Inc. (“Sona”) and Elm-crest Trading, Ltd. (“Elmcrest”), along with their attorneys, seek relief from the district court’s imposition of pre-trial Rule 11 sanctions against defendants and their attorneys, jointly and severally, payable immediately. Because we hold that the district court did not abuse its discretion in imposing these sanctions, we affirm the district court’s order, 117 F.R.D. 170.
The underlying dispute involves an alleged breach of contract. Ortho Pharmaceutical Corp. (“Ortho”) and Johnson &…
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