Supreme Court· 8/2/1991

Chambers v. Nasco, Inc.

Citations

501 U.S. 32
111 S. Ct. 2123
115 L. Ed. 2d 27
1991 U.S. LEXIS 3318

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recognizing that a district court has inherent powers to sanction a party by awarding the other side attorney, fees and related expenses
recognizing that district courts have the inherent power to “fashion an appropriate sanction for conduct which abuses the judicial process”
holding that federal courts have the inherent power to impose sanctions for bad-faith conduct and other abuses of the judicial process
holding that federal district courts have inherent powers to manage their own proceedings including the assessment of sanctions for parties’ bad faith conduct
holding that a court can impose attorney fees against a party if it finds that fraud has been practiced upon the court
concluding that federal courts are not forbidden from sanctioning bad-faith conduct under their inherent power simply because the conduct could also be sanctioned under a statute or the Rules

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Judges: White, Scalia, Kennedy

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