Legal Opinion
Crowe v. Smith
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 12, 1998No. 96-30851PublishedCited by 84 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge:
American Casualty Company of Reading, Pennsylvania (“CNA”1), Michael P. Tone, Anne Fiedler, W. Glenn Burns, Robert B. Bieck, Jr., William E. Wright, Judy L. Burnthorn, and James W. Berry (collectively, the “sanctions defendants”) appeal the imposition of sanctions against them by Judge Nauman S. Scott of the Federal District Court for the Western District of Louisiana.
All of the defendants are attorneys except for CNA. After the settlement of an underlying civil action in which these attorneys were involved as either defense counsel or insurer’s counsel, the…
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