8 Cited authorities

U.S. v. International Broth. of Teamsters
948 F.2d 1338 (2d Cir. 1991) Cited 440 times
Holding that a court may order sanctions pursuant to its inherent powers where a party or attorney "has acted in bad faith, vexatiously, wantonly, or for oppressive reasons"
Enmon v. Prospect Capital Corp.
675 F.3d 138 (2d Cir. 2012) Cited 165 times
Holding that "sanctions may be warranted even where bad-faith conduct does not disrupt the litigation before the sanctioning court"
In re 60 East 80th Street Equities
218 F.3d 109 (2d Cir. 2000) Cited 215 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"
People of New York v. Operation Rescue Nat
80 F.3d 64 (2d Cir. 1996) Cited 97 times
Holding that a "successor" organization with "a substantial continuity of identity" was legally identified with its predecessor
Zachariou v. Manios
68 A.D.3d 539 (N.Y. App. Div. 2009) Cited 58 times 1 Legal Analyses
Holding that reference to AAA rules in conjunction with narrow arbitration provision does not constitute clear and unmistakable evidence of intent to have arbitrator decide arbitrability
Pentagen Technologies Int'l. Ltd. v. U.S.
172 F. Supp. 2d 464 (S.D.N.Y. 2001) Cited 39 times
Finding bad faith when the offending parties "engaged in a pattern of litigation designed to evade previous rulings" and "were keenly aware of the repetitive nature of their claims"
Digitelcom, Ltd. v. Tele2 Sverige AB
No. 12 Civ. 3082 (RJS) (S.D.N.Y. Jul. 25, 2012) Cited 12 times 1 Legal Analyses
Granting a motion for Section 1927 sanctions where plaintiff's attorney filed a motion to vacate an arbitration award and selectively quoted the agreement in question, repeatedly characterized disputed facts as "undisputed" and "essentially stipulated," cited no specific principle or rule of law that the arbitral tribunal allegedly ignored, and claimed that the tribunal was biased without providing any supporting facts
Section 5001 - Interest to verdict, report or decision
N.Y. CPLR 5001 Cited 2,431 times 4 Legal Analyses
Allowing prejudgment interest in contract cases

Manios v. Zachariou

8 Cited authorities

Holding that a court may order sanctions pursuant to its inherent powers where a party or attorney "has acted in bad faith, vexatiously, wantonly, or for oppressive reasons"

Holding that "sanctions may be warranted even where bad-faith conduct does not disrupt the litigation before the sanctioning court"

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"

Holding that a "successor" organization with "a substantial continuity of identity" was legally identified with its predecessor

Holding that reference to AAA rules in conjunction with narrow arbitration provision does not constitute clear and unmistakable evidence of intent to have arbitrator decide arbitrability

Finding bad faith when the offending parties "engaged in a pattern of litigation designed to evade previous rulings" and "were keenly aware of the repetitive nature of their claims"

Allowing prejudgment interest in contract cases