Legal Opinion
In Re Jumper
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided October 19, 2006No. 04-PR-1470, 05-PR-338PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NEBEKER, Senior Judge:
In these consolidated appeals, appellants William N. Rogers and Allen P. Anderson challenge the trial court’s assessment of counsel fees against them as sanctions pursuant to Super. Ct. Civ. R. 11. We conclude that sanctions under Rule 11 are not available due to non-compliance with the Rule’s “safe harbor” provision and that the trial court made no express finding of bad faith to support an exercise of the court’s inherent authority to impose sanctions. Accordingly, we hereby reverse the award of fee sanctions and remand the case for a finding regarding the existence of…
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