Legal Opinion
Cjc Holdings, Inc., D/B/A Artcarved, a Corporation v. Wright & Lato, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 29, 1993No. 92-8386PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POLITZ, Chief Judge: ,
CJC Holdings, Inc. and its attorneys appeal the imposition of sanctions under Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Concluding that the district court misapprehended the plausibility of the legal position urged in the offending filing, we reverse.
Background
CJC Holdings, d/b/a ArtCarved, sued Wright & Lato, Inc. for trade dress infringement and obtained a default judgment in the court a, quo. After moving unsuccessfully to set aside that judgment, Wright & Lato appealed to this court but did not post a supersedeas bond to stay the judgment. ArtCarved took steps…
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