Legal Opinion
Itel Containers International Corp. v. Puerto Rico Marine Management, Inc.
District Court, D. New Jersey
Decided October 29, 1985No. Civ. No. 83-2673LPublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
LACEY, District Judge.
INTRODUCTION
The underlying action having been terminated, this opinion addresses the issue of what sanctions, if any, should be imposed upon the defendant corporation and its counsel, the Washington, D.C. law firm which was, at the outset of the lawsuit, admitted pro hac vice, and its local New Jersey counsel.
The regrettable necessity for considering sanctions has arisen from the undeniable abuse of the judicial process by the defendant and its counsel. Aware from the time they received the complaint that the plaintiff had mistakenly invoked diversity…
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