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Robert G. Jackson, Robert P. Gettys, Attorney-Appellant v. The Law Firm of O'hara, Ruberg, Osborne and Taylor

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Decided June 26, 1989No. 88-5634PublishedCited by 104 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LIVELY, Senior Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal by an attorney from an order imposing sanctions against him for violating Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. The district court ordered attorney Robert Gettys to pay attorneys’ fees of more than $40,000 to law firms engaged in the defense of a legal malpractice action brought by Gettys on behalf of Robert Jackson, in which summary judgment was entered for the defendants. The plaintiff did not appeal from the summary judgment, and the only issues before us relate to the sanctions.

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The legal malpractice action was based on the alleged…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Patricia Thomas v. Capital Security Services, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1988
  2. Eastway Construction Corp. v. City of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1985
  3. Oliveri v. ThompsonCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1986
  4. Jurldine A. Donaldson v. Paul v. ClarkCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1987
  5. General William C. Westmoreland, Ambassador Richard Helms v. Cbs, Inc.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1985

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3Cited by104 opinions

  1. Baker v. AldermanCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1998
  2. Brubaker v. City of RichmondCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1991
  3. Uselman v. UselmanSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1990
  4. Sandra L. Blue, and Mattiebelle C. Harris, Samuel P. Sheppard, Edward R. Humphrey, Robert L. Evans, Beulah Mae Harris, Leonetta Bibby, Annette Todd, William Kincy, James T. Love, Manuel Early, Bernard Fields, Betty Reid, Lynn Siler, Lelia Walker, Thelma Curry, John Smith, James N. Fleming, Geraldine Ballew, Robert Bronson, Omie White, Carlton Giles, Edith B. McMillan Mitchell McKeller Carol J. Anderson, Veola McLean Alicia Chisholm, King S. Cameron, Jeane Hendon, Joyce Malone, Deborah McMillan Doris Turner, Violet Henderson, Nancy Alexander, Catherine Gutierrez, Nancy McGlone Jessie Williams, Dianne Sheppard, Leonza Loftin v. United States Department of the Army, John O. Marsh, Jr., Secretary, U.S. Department of the Army, Beulah Mae Harris, and Mattiebelle C. Harris, Samuel P. Sheppard, Edward R. Humphrey, Robert L. Evans, Leonetta Bibby, Annette Todd, William Kincy, James T. Love, Manuel Early, Bernard Fields, Betty Reid, Lynn Siler, Lelia Walker, Thelma Curry, John Smith, James N. Fleming, Geraldine Ballew, Robert Bronson, Omie White, Carlton Giles, Edith B. McMillan Mitchell McKeller Carol J. Anderson, Veola McLean Alicia Chisholm, King S. Cameron, Jeane Hendon, Joyce Malone, Deborah McMillan Doris Turner, Violet Henderson, Nancy Alexander, Catherine Gutierrez, Nancy McGlone Jessie Williams, Dianne Sheppard, Leonza Loftin, Sandra L. Blue v. United States Department of the Army, John O. Marsh, Jr., Secretary, U.S. Department of the Army, in Re Ferguson, Stein, Watt, Wallas & Adkins, P.A., Mattiebelle C. Harris, Samuel P. Sheppard, Edward R. Humphrey, Robert L. Evans, Beulah Mae Harris, Leonetta Bibby, Annette Todd, William Kincy, James T. Love, Manuel Early, Bernard Fields, Betty Reid, Lynn Siler, Lelia Walker, Thelma Curry, John Smith, James N. Fleming, Geraldine Ballew, Robert Bronson, Omie White, Carlton Giles, Edith B. McMillan Mitchell McKeller Carol J. Anderson, Veola McLean Alicia Chisholm, King S. Cameron, Jeane Hendon, Joyce Malone, Deborah McMillan Doris Turner, Violet Henderson, Nancy Alexander, Catherine Gutierrez, Nancy McGlone Jessie Williams, Dianne Sheppard, Leonza Loftin, Sandra L. Blue v. United States Department of the Army, John O. Marsh, Jr., Secretary, U.S. Department of the Army, in Re Geraldine Sumter, Mattiebelle C. Harris, Samuel P. Sheppard, Edward R. Humphrey, Robert L. Evans, Beulah Mae Harris, Leonetta Bibby, Annette Todd, William Kincy, James T. Love, Manuel Early, Bernard Fields, Betty Reid, Lynn Siler, Lelia Walker, Thelma Curry, John Smith, James N. Fleming, Geraldine Ballew, Robert Bronson, Omie White, Carlton Giles, Edith B. McMillan Mitchell McKellar Carol J. Anderson, Veola McLean Alicia Chisholm, King S. Cameron, Jeane Hendon, Joyce Malone, Deborah McMillan Doris Turner, Violet Henderson, Nancy Alexander, Catherine Gutierrez, Nancy McGlone Jessie Williams, Dianne Sheppard, Leonza Loftin, Sandra L. Blue v. United States Department of the Army, John O. Marsh, Jr., Secretary, U.S. Department of the Army, in Re Julius L. Chambers, Mattiebelle C. Harris, Samuel P. Sheppard, Sandra L. Blue, Edward R. Humphrey, Robert L. Evans, Beulah Mae Harris, Leonetta Bibby, Annette Todd, William Kincy, James T. Love, Manuel Early, Bernard Fields, Betty Reid, Lynn Siler, Lelia Walker, Thelma Curry, John Smith, James N. Fleming, Geraldine Ballew, Robert Bronson, Omie White, Carlton Giles, Edith B. McMillan Mitchell McKeller Carol J. Anderson, Veola McLean Alicia Chisholm, King S. Cameron, Jeane Hendon, Joyce Malone, Deborah McMillan Doris Turner, Violet Henderson, Nancy Alexander, Catherine Gutierrez, Nancy McGlone Jessie Williams, Dianne Sheppard, Leonza Loftin v. United States Department of the Army, John O. Marsh, Jr., Secretary, U.S. Department of the Army, Naacp Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc., and Mattiebelle C. Harris, Samuel P. Sheppard, Edward R. Humphrey, Robert L. Evans, Beulah Mae Harris, Leonetta Bibby, Annette Todd, William Kincy, James T. Love, Manuel Early, Bernard Fields, Betty Reid, Lynn Siler, Lelia Walker, Thelma Curry, John Smith, James N. Fleming, Geraldine Ballew, Robert Bronson, Omie White, Carlton Giles, Edith B. McMillan Mitchell McKeller Carol J. Anderson, Veola McLean Alicia Chisholm, King S. Cameron, Jeane Hendon, Joyce Malone, Deborah McMillan Doris Turner, Violet Henderson, Nancy Alexander, Catherine Gutierrez, Nancy McGlone Jessie Williams, Dianne Sheppard, Leonza Loftin, Sandra L. Blue v. United States Department of the Army, John O. Marsh, Jr., Secretary, U.S. Department of the ArmyCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1990
  5. Edward Orlett v. Cincinnati Microwave, Inc., James L. JaegerCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1992

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