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In the Matter of Jill A. Dunn, An Attorney. Committee on Professional Standards, Respondent; Jill A. Dunn, Appellant.

Brief

59 Cited authorities

  1. Chambers v. Nasco, Inc.

    501 U.S. 32 (1991)   Cited 9,179 times   14 Legal Analyses
    Holding that courts "may bar from the courtroom a criminal defendant who disrupts a trial" may "assess attorney fees when a party has acted in bad faith, vexatiously, wantonly, or for oppressive reasons," and "may act sua sponte to dismiss a suit for failure to prosecute"

  2. Ashe v. Swenson

    397 U.S. 436 (1970)   Cited 3,523 times   12 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the Double Jeopardy Clause prevents a defendant acquitted of robbing one participant at a poker game from being prosecuted for robbing any of the other participants at the same game

  3. Cohen v. Beneficial Loan Corp.

    337 U.S. 541 (1949)   Cited 7,645 times   7 Legal Analyses
    Holding that § 1291 permits appeals from certain decisions "collateral to rights asserted in the action," even when there's no final judgment

  4. Schlaifer Nance Co., Inc. v. Est. of Warhol

    194 F.3d 323 (2d Cir. 1999)   Cited 492 times
    Holding that a motion describing the sanctionable conduct and the source of authority for the sanction provided notice

  5. Eisemann v. Greene

    204 F.3d 393 (2d Cir. 2000)   Cited 349 times
    Holding that court cannot require that litigant obtain permission prior to filing a motion authorized by the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure

  6. Schwartz v. Public Administrator

    24 N.Y.2d 65 (N.Y. 1969)   Cited 933 times
    Finding that mutuality is not required for collateral estoppel, as long as the party against whom the doctrine is invoked has had a full opportunity to litigate the issue

  7. Berman v. United States

    302 U.S. 211 (1937)   Cited 611 times
    Holding that the final judgment in a criminal case is the sentence

  8. Gilberg v. Barbieri

    53 N.Y.2d 285 (N.Y. 1981)   Cited 430 times
    Concluding conviction for petty offense of harassment did not preclude defendant from contesting merits of subsequent civil suit for assault where defendant did not have incentive to litigate thoroughly in prior action given the "minor" significance of the petty violation, the lack of a right to a jury trial, the lack of vigor typical of the defense of such violations, and the lack of any indication that the parties anticipated the determination would be used against defendant in later litigation

  9. Wolters Kluwer Financial v. Scivantage

    564 F.3d 110 (2d Cir. 2009)   Cited 173 times   3 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the district court had not made an adequate finding of bad faith as to a party's voluntary dismissal filing by including only a footnote in its conclusion that misstated the law on imputing bad faith

  10. In re 60 East 80th Street Equities

    218 F.3d 109 (2d Cir. 2000)   Cited 212 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the debtor "clearly lacked standing to challenge the sale [of assets of the estate] ... or otherwise participate in litigation surrounding the assets of the estate" where there would be no "surplus after all creditors' claims [were] paid"

  11. Section 1291 - Final decisions of district courts

    28 U.S.C. § 1291   Cited 88,608 times   138 Legal Analyses
    Granting jurisdiction to the courts of appeals from final decisions of federal district courts "except where a direct review may be had in the Supreme Court"

  12. Section 1609 - Immunity from attachment and execution of property of a foreign state

    28 U.S.C. § 1609   Cited 206 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Explaining that immunity from arrest is “[s]ubject to existing international agreements which the United States is a party at the time of enactment.”