Legal Opinion
Ronald O. Pelletier v. Gary D. Zweifel, Ronald O. Pelletier v. Gary D. Zweifel
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided January 29, 1991No. 89-8334, 89-8667PublishedCited by 368 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TJOFLAT, Chief Judge:
Rule 11 1 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure requires district courts to sanction attorneys and the parties they are representing when they prosecute baseless claims. The sanction must be appropriate and may include “the reasonable expenses incurred” because of the prosecution, such as a reasonable attorney’s fee. When a party prosecutes a frivolous appeal, Rule 38 2 of the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure authorizes the court of appeals to award the appellee “just damages and single or double costs.”
In this case, Ronald 0. Pelletier and his attorney, Herbert P.…
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