Byrne v. Nezhat
261 F.3d 1075 (11th Cir. 2001) Cited 926 times 2 Legal AnalysesHolding a district judge did not abuse his discretion in declining to recuse himself from a case when he screened his law clerk who had previously worked for one of the law firms representing a party in a case
Cordoba v. Dillard's, Inc.
419 F.3d 1169 (11th Cir. 2005) Cited 678 times 2 Legal AnalysesHolding that a claim "built ... from language in our own opinions" was not frivolous
Amlong Amlong v. Denny's
500 F.3d 1230 (11th Cir. 2006) Cited 341 timesHolding that a district court must hold a new hearing in order to reject a magistrate judge's credibility findings unless “there is an articulable basis for rejecting the magistrate's original resolution of credibility.”
Baker v. Alderman
158 F.3d 516 (11th Cir. 1998) Cited 258 times 1 Legal AnalysesHolding that a court should take into account a party's ability to pay when determining the amount of monetary sanctions to be awarded
Jones v. International Riding Helmets, Ltd.
49 F.3d 692 (11th Cir. 1995) Cited 131 timesFinding that a court must determine whether a reasonable inquiry was conducted prior to the filing of a pleading
Collins v. Walden
834 F.2d 961 (11th Cir. 1987) Cited 36 timesAffirming sanctions where counsel had neither direct nor circumstantial evidence of [claim] at time of filing
RHINEHART v. CBE GROUP, INC.
Case No.: 3:09-cv-311-J-25 MCR (M.D. Fla. May. 27, 2010) Cited 8 times 2 Legal AnalysesFinding that the defendant was entitled to the bona fide error defense as a matter of law for violating the FDCPA by communicating to a third party, because the third party was the plaintiff's father, it was undisputed that the plaintiff had been living with her father for about 12 months in the past two to three years, and a Lexis Nexis Accurint search produced the plaintiff's father's telephone number
Rule 11 - Signing Pleadings, Motions, and Other Papers; Representations to the Court; Sanctions
Fed. R. Civ. P. 11 Cited 35,777 times 141 Legal AnalysesHolding an "unrepresented party" to the same standard as an attorney
Rule 28 - Persons Before Whom Depositions May Be Taken
Fed. R. Civ. P. 28 Cited 18,342 times 7 Legal AnalysesRequiring appellant's argument to contain citations to authorities
Section 1927 - Counsel's liability for excessive costs
28 U.S.C. § 1927 Cited 8,833 times 81 Legal AnalysesGranting courts the power to charge "excess costs, expenses, and attorneys' fees reasonably incurred" due to "unreasonabl[e] and vexatious" conduct