Legal Opinion
Melody Perkins v. General Motors Corporation, in Re Melody Perkins, Gwen G. Caranchini
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided May 22, 1992No. 91-2825, 91-3550PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MAGILL, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff below Melody Perkins and her attorney Gwen G. Caranchini appeal an order of the district court 1 refusing to vacate sanctions. Appellants also seek mandamus relief ordering the district court to lift the sanctions. Appellants argue the sanctions must be lifted because the underlying action on which the sanctions were based has been settled by the parties. The request for mandamus relief is denied and the district court’s order imposing the sanctions is affirmed.
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Melody Perkins sued General Motors Corporation in 1986 for sexual harassment. The substantive…
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