Legal Opinion
William T. Divane, Jr. v. Krull Electric Co., Inc., and John J. Curry, Jr.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 28, 1999No. 98-2137PublishedCited by 96 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KANNE, Circuit Judge.
After a tortuous three-year road to trial, which cost plaintiffs over $40,000 in attorneys’ fees and costs (with only $14,000 originally in dispute), the plaintiffs, collectively known as Electric Insurance Trustees (“Trustees”), won a judgment at bench trial for $54,001.07. During post-judgment proceedings (based on pre-trial conduct), the district court imposed Rule 11 sanctions on John J. Curry, Jr., counsel to defendant Krull Electric Co. Curry appeals both the imposition of sanctions and the determination of the nature and amount of these sanctions, claiming that the…
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