Legal Opinion
Knipe v. Skinner
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided March 3, 1994No. Nos. 854, 1335, Dockets 93-6093, 93-6297PublishedCited by 94 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WINTER, Circuit Judge:
In these consolidated appeals, Lawrence B. Smith, counsel for plaintiffs Richard X. Knipe, Glenn A. Valentine and Bernard C. *74Ford, appeals from two decisions by Chief Judge McAvoy sanctioning Smith pursuant to Fed.R.Ciy.P. 11. In Knipe v. Skinner, 146 F.R.D. 58 (N.D.N.Y.1993), the district court concluded that Smith had violated Rule 11 by filing a complaint that was not warranted by existing law or a good faith argument for the extension, modification, or reversal of existing law. In Knipe v. United States, 151 F.R.D. 24 (N.D.N.Y.1993), the district court again…
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