Legal Opinion
APOIAN v. American Home Products Corp.
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided August 31, 2000No. CIV.A. 00-3083Published
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
LOWELL A. REED, Jr., Senior District Judge.
It has been said that “[a] lawyer belongs to a profession with inherited standards of propriety and honor, which experience has shown necessary in a calling dedicated to the accomplishment of justice. He who would follow that calling must conform to those standards.” In re Sawyer, 360 U.S. 622, 646, 79 S.Ct. 1376, 3 L.Ed.2d 1473 (1959) (Stewart, J., concurring). It is those standards that concern this Court today, as I consider the merits of the order to show cause why this Court should not impose sanctions upon counsel for defendants in…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Cooter & Gell v. Hartmarx Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1990
- In Re SawyerSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Jeffrey A. Mints v. Educational Testing ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1996
- Moore v. Permanente Medical Group, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1992
- Apoian v. American Home Products, Corp.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 2000