Legal Opinion
Wolf v. Kupetz (In Re Wolf & Vine, Inc.)
United States Bankruptcy Court, C.D. California
Decided August 17, 1990No. Bankruptcy No. LA 81-17218-SB, Adv. No. LA 89-1093-SBPublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION ON MOTION FOR SANCTIONS
SAMUEL L. BUFFORD, Bankruptcy Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION
This motion raises the issue of whether, after a plaintiff has lost an action based on an issue of first impression in the federal judicial circuit, and on which the law was unsettled when the action was filed, sanctions should be imposed upon counsel for the prevailing defendant for bringing a malicious prosecution action against the losing plaintiff.
Movants Arnold Kupetz (“trustee”), Sulmeyer, Kupetz, Baumann & Rothman (“Sulmeyer”), and Continental Illinois National Bank & Trust Company of Chicago…
2Cases cited33 opinions
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- Pavelic & LeFlore v. Marvel Entertainment Group, Div. of Cadence Industries Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1990
- Bertero v. National General Corp.California Supreme Court · 1974
- Sheldon Appel Co. v. Albert & OlikerCalifornia Supreme Court · 1989
- Budd v. NixenCalifornia Supreme Court · 1971
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