Legal Opinion
In Re Matter of Stephen Yagman, Jerry Brown and Gerry Fleischer v. Michael Baden and Sidney Weinberg
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided November 6, 1986No. 84-5839, 84-5957PublishedCited by 340 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
J. BLAINE ANDERSON, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiffs Jerry Brown and Gerry Fleischer appeal from the district court’s grant of a directed verdict upon the motion of defendants Michael Baden and Sidney Weinberg. Plaintiffs’ counsel, Stephen Yagman, appeals from the district court’s imposition of sanctions against him individually and against his professional corporation. We affirm the directed verdict and reverse the order of sanctions.
BACKGROUND
On June 2, 1981, in Signal Hill, California, Signal Hill police officer Jerry Brown arrested Reginald Ronell Settles, a football star at nearby California…
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