Legal Opinion
Century Products, Inc., Owen E. Perry, Attorney-Appellant v. Lidiann Sutter and Lidiann's Incorporated
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided January 19, 1988No. 86-1546PublishedCited by 82 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CONTIE, Senior Circuit Judge.
Owen E. Perry, attorney for Century Products, Inc., appeals from the district court’s judgment imposing sanctions pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 11. For the following reasons, we reverse the district court’s judgment.
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Plaintiff below, Century Products, Inc. (Century), through appellant Perry and attorney Katherine C. Spelman, filed a complaint for declaratory judgment against Li-diann Sutter and Lidiann’s, Inc., a Michigan corporation, (Sutter and Lidiann’s respectively) in district court on November 14, 1985. Plaintiff alleged that 28 U.S.C. §§ 1332,…
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