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Goodman v. Hangtime, Inc.

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10 Cited authorities

  1. Roadway Express, Inc. v. Piper

    447 U.S. 752 (1980)   Cited 2,846 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”

  2. Mars Steel Corp. v. Continental Bank N.A.

    880 F.2d 928 (7th Cir. 1989)   Cited 375 times
    Holding that Rule 23(e) fairness hearings are not exempt

  3. Brown v. Federation of State Medical Boards

    830 F.2d 1429 (7th Cir. 1987)   Cited 242 times
    In Brown we explained that substantial awards include awards involving large sums of money as well as awards that are large in relation to the sanctioned conduct.

  4. Ordower v. Feldman

    826 F.2d 1569 (7th Cir. 1987)   Cited 155 times
    Holding that court does not always have to receive documentation of attorney's fees and other expenses prior to awarding sanctions, particularly when the sanctions awarded are relatively small and "bear a reasonable relationship to the burden imposed upon the non-offending party"

  5. Mañez v. Bridgestone Firestone

    533 F.3d 578 (7th Cir. 2008)   Cited 62 times
    Holding that § 1927 did not authorize sanctions against a foreign lawyer not admitted to practice in any American jurisdiction

  6. Fred A. Smith Lumber Co. v. Edidin

    845 F.2d 750 (7th Cir. 1988)   Cited 93 times
    Holding that plaintiff acted in bad faith by filing a complaint alleging RICO violations "in the hope that future discovery might uncover the allegations of wrongdoing"

  7. Insurance Ben. Administrators, Inc. v. Martin

    871 F.2d 1354 (7th Cir. 1989)   Cited 58 times
    Upholding Rule 11 sanctions where attorney, before filing suit, had access to documents that belied his claim

  8. Retired Chicago Police v. Firemen's Annuity

    145 F.3d 929 (7th Cir. 1998)   Cited 18 times
    Affirming Rule 11 sanctions against an attorney for bringing a class action with no factual basis to believe that large portions of the proposed class had a claim

  9. Halim v. Great Gatsby's Auction Gallery, Inc.

    03 C 8414 (N.D. Ill. Mar. 12, 2007)   Cited 1 times

    03 C 8414. March 12, 2007 MEMORANDUM OPINION CHARLES KOCORAS, District Judge This matter is before this Court on Defendant The Great Gatsby's Auction Gallery, Inc. ("Gatsby")'s motion for sanctions against Plaintiff Cameel Halim ("Halim") for filing a motion to vacate an arbitral award. Gatsby contends that Halim's motion to vacate was frivolous, needlessly increased the costs of litigation, and warrants sanctions pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 11. For the reasons set forth below, Gatsby's motion is granted

  10. Rule 11 - Signing Pleadings, Motions, and Other Papers; Representations to the Court; Sanctions

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 11   Cited 35,777 times   142 Legal Analyses
    Holding an "unrepresented party" to the same standard as an attorney