Legal Opinion · Dissent
Leroy Haeger v. the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided July 20, 2015No. 12-17718, 13-16801, 13-16861, 13-16862Published
1DissentWatford, Circuit Judge
Goodyear and its lawyers were accused in this case of perpetrating a fraud on the Haegers and the court. If sustained, those charges could of course severely damage the professional reputations of the lawyers involved. The district court accordingly approached the task of determining whether the charges were true with great thoroughness and care. After conducting a lengthy evidentiary hearing and reviewing multiple rounds of briefing, the court concluded that Goodyear and its lawyers acted in bad faith when they failed to produce test results that were responsive to the Haegers’ document…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Chambers v. Nasco, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1991
- F.J. Hanshaw Enterprises, Inc. v. Emerald River Development, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2001
- Miller v. City of Los AngelesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2011
- International Union, United Mine Workers v. BagwellSupreme Court of the United States · 1994