Legal Opinion
Gerardo Mariani & Georgina Loureiro v. Doctors Associates, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided January 11, 1993No. 92-1843PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STAHL, Circuit Judge.
In this appeal, plaintiffs challenge the district court’s imposition of Rule 11 sanctions for their submission of a motion in a case dismissed by the district court two years earlier. Finding error solely in the district court’s imposition of sanctions upon the attorneys’ law firm rather than upon the responsible attorneys, we affirm, except that we impose the sanctions on the attorneys themselves.
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BACKGROUND AND PRIOR PROCEEDINGS
Plaintiffs are twenty-five dissatisfied Puerto Rico franchisees of the sandwich shop chain known as “Subway.” Defendants consist of Doctor’s…
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