Legal Opinion
Crumplar v. Superior Court ex rel. New Castle County
Supreme Court of Delaware
Decided October 22, 2012No. Nos. 643, 2011, 644, 2011PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Per curiam
Attorney Thomas Crumplar appeals a Superior Court judge’s sanctions under Superior Court Civil Rule 11. We affirm the Superior Court’s holding that an objective standard should govern a determination of whether Rule 11 has been violated. *1003We also extend In re Infotechnology, Inc.1 to bar judges from sanctioning attorneys except where the attorney's conduct preju-dicially disrupts the administration of justice in a particular case. Finally, we require that judges conduct a hearing before imposing sanctions on their own motion. Therefore we AFFIRM in part and REVERSE in part the Order imposing…
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