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· 10/29/1979

Capitano v. United States

Citations

  • 444 U.S. 932
  • 100 S. Ct. 276
  • 62 L. Ed. 2d 189
  • 1979 U.S. LEXIS 3540

How courts have described this case

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  • explaining that if the 35 attorney wished to contend that their client should pay all or part of the sanctions imposed, the attorney \will of course need to be represented by separate counsel\
  • awarding one half of reduced amount of fees as “sufficient deterrent”
  • Rule 11 was not intended to have same effect as the English rule
  • Rule 11 was not intended to have same effect as the English rule

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