Commissioner v. Whiting

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• holding that a court’s “factual findings of bad faith must be characterized by a high degree of specificity”
• ruling that courts, in deciding whether to impose sanctions, look to whether reasonable attorney could believe facts might be established
• holding that a motion describing the sanctionable conduct and the source of authority for the sanction provided notice
• holding that a motion describing the sanctionable conduct and the source of authority for the 5 sanction provided notice
• holding that the use of a witness's testimony by the appellant attorneys could not \be characterized as deceptive absent additional evidence indicating that the testimony's inconsistencies were intentional lies and that appellants were aware of this\ (emphasis added)
• holding that the use of a witness’s testimony by the appellant attorneys could not “be characterized as deceptive absent additional evidence indicating that the testimony’s inconsistencies were intentional lies and that appellants were aware of this ” (emphasis added)

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