Legal Opinion
Beatrice McCandless v. The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 11, 1983No. 82-1359PublishedCited by 90 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PELL, Circuit Judge.
The sole issue in this appeal is the propriety of a sanction levied against an attorney accused of willful abuse of the judicial process. Plaintiff’s attorney, Murray B. Woolley, appeals the district court’s order that he personally pay $1,000 of defendant’s attorneys’ fees. The court entered the award after finding that Woolley had not litigated in good faith. Counsel’s derelictions included filing a frivolous lawsuit, misquoting precedent, and failing to respond to defendant’s motion for fees and costs. Woolley now challenges the finding that plaintiff’s claims were…
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