Tenth Circuit· 8/15/1988

Adamson v. Bowen

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855 F.2d 668
11 Fed. R. Serv. 3d 606
1988 U.S. App. LEXIS 11143

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holding that § 2412(b) waives Government’s sovereign immunity for an award of attorneys’ fees under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 11, where § 2412(b
affirming award of attorney’s fees under Rule 11 in appeal of Secretary’s denial of social security disability benefits
“The attorney must ‘stop, look, and listen’ before signing a document subject to Rule 11.”
“The mootness doctrine requires that a live controversy continue to exist between defendant and at least some of the proposed class members.”
\We recognize that courts must construe waivers of sovereign immunity strictly.\
statute mak- ing United States liable for fees and expenses “to the same extent that any other party would be liable under the common law or under the terms of any statute” interpreted to continuously tie liability of United States to that of any other party

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