St. Paul Reinsurance Co. v. Commercial Financial Corp.

*510MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER REGARDING COURT’S SUA SPONTE IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS

BENNETT, Chief Judge.

Anatole France, a late 19th and early 20th century French writer, urbane critic and Nobel Prize winner penned: “It is human nature to think wisely and to act in an absurd fashion.”1 Little could France foresee that he would decades later capture the essence of plaintiffs’ counsel’s “Rambo” style discovery tactics in this litigation.

I. INTRODUCTION

This matter is before court on its own initiative. On October 4, 2000, defendant Commercial Financial Corp. (“CFC”) filed a Motion for Expedited…