Earle A. Partington v. Joseph M. Gedan Howard T. Chang

In its unyielding determination to hold Rule 11 applicable to proceedings in our court, the majority ignores the Supreme Court precedent that occasioned this remand and distorts our Circuit Rules. I share the majority’s disapproval of Gedan and Chang’s abuse of the legal process, see Partington v. Gedan, 880 F.2d 116, 148 (9th Cir.1989) (“Partington /”) (Reinhardt, J., concurring and dissenting); by the same token, however, I cannot condone my colleagues’ refusal to follow the law.

In Cooter & Gell v. Hartmarx Corp., — U.S. -, 110 S.Ct. 2447, 110 L.Ed.2d 359 (1990), the Supreme Court…