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· 11/2/2001

Dubois v. United States Department of Agriculture

Citations

  • 270 F.3d 77
  • 51 Fed. R. Serv. 3d 927
  • 32 Envtl. L. Rep. (Envtl. Law Inst.) 20307
  • 53 ERC (BNA) 1844
  • 2001 U.S. App. LEXIS 23746
  • 2001 WL 1335924

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • affirming a refusal to impose sanctions under Civil Rule 11 where conduct at issue was not \egregious\
  • “[T]he power to sanction must be used with great circumspection and restraint, employed only in compelling situations.”
  • “signer’s obligation personally to comply with the requirements of Rule 11 clearly does not preclude the signer from any reliance on information from other persons”
  • guoting Chambers v. NASCO, Inc., 501 U.S. 32, 33 (1991)
  • Rule 11 does not require absolute certainty
  • Rule 11 does not require absolute certainty

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Judges: Torruella, Selya, Lisi

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