10 Cited authorities

Chambers v. Nasco, Inc.
501 U.S. 32 (1991) Cited 9,525 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"
Roadway Express, Inc. v. Piper
447 U.S. 752 (1980) Cited 2,919 times 3 Legal Analyses
Holding that a court may impose attorney's fee sanction against opposing counsel for “abusive litigation practices” only in “narrowly defined circumstances,” including where the court makes a finding that “counsel's conduct ... constituted or was tantamount to bad faith”
West Virginia Univ. Hospitals, Inc. v. Casey
499 U.S. 83 (1991) Cited 807 times 2 Legal Analyses
Holding that the term "reasonable attorney's fee" in 42 U.S.C. § 1988 does not provide the "explicit statutory authority" required to award expert witness fees beyond those provided by §§ 1920 and 1821
Sprague v. Ticonic Bank
307 U.S. 161 (1939) Cited 1,050 times
Holding that because a petition for fees is "an independent proceeding supplemental to the original," the suggestion "that it came after the end of the term at which the main decree was entered and [is] therefore too late" was unavailing
Edwards v. General Motors Corp.
153 F.3d 242 (5th Cir. 1998) Cited 163 times
Holding that Rule 11 applies only to federal filings and not to state filings made prior to removal to federal court
In re Violation of Rule 28(D)
635 F.3d 1352 (Fed. Cir. 2011) Cited 54 times 1 Legal Analyses
Holding that the marking of legal argument as confidential is only justified if "the argument discloses facts or figures of genuine competitive or commercial significance"
Fairley v. Patterson
493 F.2d 598 (5th Cir. 1974) Cited 146 times
Holding that “injury results only to those persons domiciled in the under-represented voting districts.”
Coughenour v. Campbell Barge Line, Inc.
388 F. Supp. 501 (W.D. Pa. 1974) Cited 3 times
Civ. A. No. 74-55. December 20, 1974. Hymen Schlesinger, Pittsburgh, Pa., for plaintiff. Louis Loughren, Grogan, Graffam McGinley, Pittsburgh, Pa., for defendant. OPINION SNYDER, District Judge. Plaintiff, Michael Roy Coughenour, a seaman, brought this action for Maintenance and Cure against his employer, Campbell Barge Line, Inc. (Campbell), and for counsel fees and medical expert witness fees. The case was tried to the Court without a jury. Plaintiff's version of the occurrence may be summarized
Rule 5 - Serving and Filing Pleadings and Other Papers
Fed. R. Civ. P. 5 Cited 23,386 times 16 Legal Analyses
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Section 1927 - Counsel's liability for excessive costs
28 U.S.C. § 1927 Cited 9,018 times 81 Legal Analyses
Granting courts the power to charge "excess costs, expenses, and attorneys' fees reasonably incurred" due to "unreasonabl[e] and vexatious" conduct

Electronic Frontier Foundation v. Blue Spike, LLC

10 Cited authorities

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"

Holding that a court may impose attorney's fee sanction against opposing counsel for “abusive litigation practices” only in “narrowly defined circumstances,” including where the court makes a finding that “counsel's conduct ... constituted or was tantamount to bad faith”

Holding that the term "reasonable attorney's fee" in 42 U.S.C. § 1988 does not provide the "explicit statutory authority" required to award expert witness fees beyond those provided by §§ 1920 and 1821

Holding that because a petition for fees is "an independent proceeding supplemental to the original," the suggestion "that it came after the end of the term at which the main decree was entered and [is] therefore too late" was unavailing

Holding that Rule 11 applies only to federal filings and not to state filings made prior to removal to federal court

Holding that the marking of legal argument as confidential is only justified if "the argument discloses facts or figures of genuine competitive or commercial significance"

Holding that “injury results only to those persons domiciled in the under-represented voting districts.”

Providing for service via CM/ECF Systems

Granting courts the power to charge "excess costs, expenses, and attorneys' fees reasonably incurred" due to "unreasonabl[e] and vexatious" conduct