Dubay v. Wells

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• “[T]he sole purpose of awarding attorney fees under Rule 38 is to discourage litigants from wasting this Court’s time and the opposing party’s resources with frivolous appeals.”
• “While we find Dubay’s challenge to the Michigan Paternity Act to lack support in our equal protection jurisprudence, we do not consider his appeal of the district court’s decision to be frivolous or worthy of imposing sanctions.”
• “‘Although the term frivolous is not subject to a ready made definition, generally an appeal is frivolous when the result is obvious or when the appellant’s argument is wholly without merit.’” (quoting Pieper v. Am. Arbitration Assoc., 336 F.3d 458, 465 (6th Cir. 2003

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