Legal Opinion
Chaves v. M/V Medina Star
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 10, 1995No. 94-60388PublishedCited by 104 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHNSON, Circuit Judge:
Under the authority of the inherent power of the court, the magistrate judge imposed sanctions on attorney for allegedly bad faith conduct in litigation. Attorney appeals and we REVERSE.
I. FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
On February 8, 1994, attorney Jimmie M. Spears brought suit on behalf of several crew members of the M/V MEDINA STAR seeking the recovery of earned but unpaid wages. As Spears chose to pursue the plaintiffs’ claims in rem, he contemporaneously requested the issuance of a warrant for the arrest of the vessel. The magistrate judge to whom the case was…
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