Legal Opinion
Townsend v. Holman Consulting Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 6, 1990No. Nos. 87-5825, 87-6154PublishedCited by 300 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:
Fred Wright, attorney for the Town-sends, appeals two orders of the district court imposing sanctions under Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. He argues that even though he signed pleadings containing certain frivolous requests for relief, the pleadings nonetheless could not be the subject of sanctions because they also included certain nonfrivolous requests for relief. A three-judge panel of this court, struggling with seemingly incon*1361sistent decisions concerning Rule 11 sanctions, ruled in Wright’s favor and reversed the orders imposing sanctions.…
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3Cited by300 opinions
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