Legal Opinion
Desisto College, Inc. And Loren E. Horner v. Thomas P. Line
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided November 15, 1989No. 88-3333PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FAY, Circuit Judge:
This appeal involves the propriety of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 11 (“Rule 11”) sanctions imposed on counsel for Plaintiffs-Appellants (“Counsel”) for signing pleadings without having first made reasonable inquiry into the facts and the law of the case. The district court found, first, that Counsel neglected to follow the court’s instructions on restructuring the Second Amended Complaint to form the Third Amended Complaint, and instead signed and filed a Third Amended Complaint which violated the court’s order. Second, the court found that Counsel, in signing the…
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