Legal Opinion
Thomas L. Davis, James J. Condit, Attorneys-Appellants v. Hon. Thomas C. Crush, Planned Parenthood Association of Cincinnati, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided November 23, 1988No. 87-3361PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOGGS, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiffs-appellants Thomas L. Davis (Davis) and Donald Lee Johnson (Johnson) appeal the district court’s assessment of monetary sanctions under Fed.R.Civ.P. 11 against them and their counsel. After reviewing the parties’ briefs and relevant portions of the record, we reverse because the civil rights complaint filed in federal court by Davis and Johnson does not necessarily reflect a lack of reasonable inquiry into the facts or the law.
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This case arose from the intense controversy surrounding Planned Parenthood’s Center for Counseling and Medical Operations in…
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