· 6/25/1991
Courtney T. Doyle v. Edward Murray Toni v. Bair J.D. Netherland T.C. Bullock, Jr.
Citations
- 938 F.2d 33
- 20 Fed. R. Serv. 3d 384
- 1991 U.S. App. LEXIS 13102
- 1991 WL 110335
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- explaining that, in contemplating sanctions, consideration of counsel’s actions in prior cases may be appropriate to “hold clients to some measure of responsibility both for selecting competent attorneys and, more important, for supervising their conduct”
- \[S]anctions [must] be fixed in proportion to the severity of a party's or lawyer's misconduct[.]\
- \[S]anctions [must] be fixed in proportion to the severity of a party's or lawyer's misconduct[.]\
- client has some responsibility in selecting and supervising counsel
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Judges: Phillips, Staker, Southern, Virginia, Kaufman
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