Legal Opinion
Macmillan, Inc. v. American Express Co.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided April 6, 1989No. 88 Civ. 4702 (RWS)PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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SWEET, District Judge.
Defendants American Express (“American Express”), Shearson Lehman Hutton Holdings Inc. (“SLH Holdings”), and Shearson Lehman Hutton Inc. (“Shearson”) (collectively, the “Shearson defendants”) have moved pursuant to Rule 11, Fed.R. Civ.P., for sanctions against plaintiff Macmillan, Inc. (“Macmillan”) and its counsel, the Pittsburgh law firm of Kirkpatrick & Lockhart (“Kirkpatrick”) and Jan Constantine (“Constantine”) of Macmillan’s legal department. For the reasons set forth below, the motion is denied.
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