Legal Opinion
Lupo v. R. Rowland & Co.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided September 20, 1988No. Nos. 87-2296, 87-2297PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BEAM, Circuit Judge.
David G. Lupo and James Stemmier appeal the imposition of sanctions under Fed. R.Civ.P. 11 in the amount of $50,000 for conducting litigation in bad faith and in a frivolous and abusive fashion. We affirm.
I. FACTS
Lupo and Stemmier are attorneys who represented eight plaintiffs in a securities fraud case. The suit was brought against R. Rowland and Co., Inc., a St. Louis brokerage firm, two of Rowland’s officers, an accounting firm, members of a New York law firm and others involved with the syndication of limited partnerships. The plaintiffs had purchased, through Rowland,…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- White v. New Hampshire Department of Employment SecuritySupreme Court of the United States · 1982
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- United States v. IndrelunasSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Morris Obin v. District No. 9 of the International Association of MacHinists and Aerospace Workers Anheuser-Busch, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1981
- Nelle Cloyd v. Elliot Richardson, Secretary of Health, Education and WelfareCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1975
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3Cited by30 opinions
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