Legal Opinion
Business Guides, Inc. v. Chromatic Communications Enterprises, Inc. Michael Shipp
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided December 21, 1989No. 88-15240PublishedCited by 69 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WALLACE, Circuit Judge:
Business Guides, Inc. (Business Guides) appeals from an order imposing Rule 11 sanctions in its copyright action against Chromatic Communications Enterprises, Inc. (Chromatic) and Shipp, Chromatic’s president. Business Guides argues that the district court (1) erred in applying to Business Guides, a represented party, an objective standard of “reasonable inquiry” into the factual basis of papers submitted to court, Fed.R.Civ.P. 11; (2) erred in determining that Business Guides failed to conduct such a reasonable inquiry; and (3) abused its discretion in dismissing…
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