Legal Opinion
Susan Mary Kamen v. American Telephone & Telegraph Co., Patricia McDonald and Carol Buckham
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided May 23, 1986No. 706, Docket 85-7799PublishedCited by 529 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OAKES, Circuit Judge:
In this case — one involving a questionable grant of a motion to dismiss — the district court imposed Rule 11 sanctions on the plaintiff or the plaintiff’s attorney apparently for failure to make “reasonable inquiry” into the action’s jurisdictional basis before filing the complaint. Purporting to follow Eastway Construction Corp. v. City of New York, 762 F.2d 243 (2d Cir.1985), the district court ordered payment of $4,000 in attorneys’ fees and $12 in expenses to the defendants, without stating whether the sanctions were imposed on client, counsel, or both. We reverse.
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