Brandon v. California

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• noting that permissible purposes of sanctions are to compensate the court or parties for added expenses, compel discovery, deter misconduct, or punish the guilty party
• noting that the permissible purposes for sanctions are to compel discovery, deter misconduct, punish the guilty party, or compensate the court or the parties for the added expense caused by the abusive conduct
• affirming award of sanctions for discovery violations under Rule 37 and 28 U.S.C. § 1927 and remanding to require district court to provide support for the amount of sanctions
• finding bad faith due to abu sive discovery tactics that delayed the proceedings
• recognizing existence of inherent powers
• even absent explicit legislative enactment, court has power to impose reasonable and appropriate sanctions upon errant lawyers practicing before it

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