Legal Opinion
Schutts v. Bently Nevada Corp.
District Court, D. Nevada
Decided June 5, 1997No. CV-N-95-0624-ECRPublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
EDWARD C. REED, Jr., District Judge.
Introduction
Presently before the court for decision is the Motion for Attorney Fees and Sanctions (Doc. # 35) filed by Defendant Bently Nevada Corporation. Bently Nevada seek to recover the costs of this litigation from Plaintiff Mark Schutts and his lawyer, Mr. Joe E. Colvin.
Defendant Nevada Bently cites as the source of the court’s power to impose penalties in the form of fee-shifting awards and other sanctions two statutes, 28 U.S.C. § 1927 and 42 U.S.C. § 12205, and Fed. R.Civ.P. 11. In addition to these two sources of the court’s power to sanction…
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