Holding that a municipality's failure to act, once it was on notice that its procedures were constitutionally deficient, created a fact question regarding causation
Holding that Rule 11 "should not be invoked against an attorney who fails to dismiss a case" even after an opposing attorney, for example, submits evidence that the suit is barred by a statute of limitations or res judicata
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Recognizing the federal rules of civil procedure should be employed to promote the "just, speedy, and inexpensive determination of every action and proceeding"
Requiring a notice of removal to "contain a statement that upon removal of the claim or cause of action the proceeding is core or non-core and, if non-core, that the party filing the notice does or does not consent to entry of final orders or judgment by the bankruptcy judge"