Legal Opinion
John L. Cheek v. John Doe, Tom Ludwig, and James R. Starkey
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 10, 1987No. 86-2155PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Per curiam
John L. Cheek appeals from the dismissal of his Bivens-type action, see Bivens v. Six Unknown Federal Narcotics Agents, 403 U.S. 388, 91 S.Ct. 1999, 29 L.Ed.2d 619 (1971), and the district court’s imposition of an $11,500 sanction under Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, 110 F.R.D. 420. For the reasons given, we affirm the dismissal, reduce the amount of the sanction imposed by the district court to $5,000, and impose sanctions of $1,500.
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Cheek sued three employees of the Internal Revenue Service: a district director of the IRS in Chicago, an IRS agent in Schaumburg, and an…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of NarcoticsSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Bill Johnson's Restaurants, Inc. v. National Labor Relations BoardSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Norman E. Coleman v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Gary Holder v. Secretary of the Treasury and United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1986
- Cotner v. HopkinsCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1986
- John B. Cameron, Jr. v. Internal Revenue ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1985
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3Cited by39 opinions
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- Brown v. Federation of State Medical BoardsCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1987
- Ernie Frantz v. United States Powerlifting FederationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1987
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