Legal Opinion
Chambers v. Nasco, Inc.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided August 2, 1991No. 90-256PublishedCited by 6,084 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice White
This case requires us to explore the scope of the inherent power of a federal court to sanction a litigant for bad-faith conduct. Specifically, we are asked to determine whether the District Court, sitting in diversity, properly invoked its inherent power in assessing as a sanction for a party’s bad-faith conduct attorney’s fees and related expenses paid by the party’s opponent to its attorneys. We hold that the District Court acted Within its discretion, and we therefore affirm the judgment of the Court of Appeals.
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This case began as a simple action for specific performance of a contract,…
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