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· 7/3/1986

Appeal of Licht & Semonoff

Citations

  • 796 F.2d 564
  • 6 Fed. R. Serv. 3d 31

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • noting that district court expressly found that attorneys’ “primary purpose in deposing [witnesses] was to harass”
  • noting that despite delay in appeal of sanction order, “[t]he firm’s ethical obligation is to its client’s best interests”
  • noting that delayed appeal would allow appellate court to view case as a whole
  • noting that district court expressly <br>found that attorneys' \primary purpose in deposing [witnesses] was <br>to harass\
  • observing that some courts had considered attorney’s nonparticipation determinative of jurisdiction
  • noting <br>that despite delay in appeal of sanction order, \[t]he firm's <br>ethical obligation is to its client's best interests\

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Judges: Bownes, Breyer, Torruella

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