Legal Opinion
McLaurin v. Werner
District Court, S.D. Mississippi
Decided September 21, 1995No. 3:92-cv-00506PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
WINGATE, District Judge.
Before the court is the motion of the defendant for sanctions requesting attorney fees in the amount of $4,391.37 pursuant to Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 1 and 28 U.S.C. § 1927. 2 Having now prevailed in this tort action, defendant contends that plaintiff’s contentions were frivolous and meritless from the outset and that plaintiff should be held financially accountable for his baseless lawsuit.
The plaintiff, Hugh H. MeLaurin, Jr., (hereinafter “MeLaurin”), 3 filed his complaint in the above-styled and numbered cause back on August 20, 1992,…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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- Chester R. Robinson and Wife, Frances Earline Robinson, and Roy K. Ewart and David B. Black v. The National Cash Register CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1987
- Gary Dukes and Thomas E. Barber, D/B/A D & B Dozer Service v. South Carolina Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1985
- Michael K. Topalian, Roy Jacobs, Jr., Richard H. Manuel, and Bobby W. McDonald and Armando Lopez v. John N. Ehrman, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1993
- Boyce W. Childs v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company v. Bruce C. Waltzer, Movant-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1994
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3Cited by3 opinions
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