Farmer Ex Rel. Estate of Farmer v. Banco Popular of North America

How courts have described this case

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• recognizing that district courts have an indefeasible authority to impose sanctions on a party for “bad-faith misconduct.” (quoting Chambers v. NASCO, Inc., 501 U.S. 32, 53 (1991))
• explaining that procedural fee shifting involves a court's authority to sanction for an abuse of the legal process or bad faith conduct in litigation
• explaining that “‘litigants and counsel who appear before a federal court[] are subject to duties of candor, decorum, and respect for the tribunal and co-parties alike’” (quoting Hollingsworth v. Perry, 570 U.S. 693, 722 (2013) (Kennedy, J., dissenting))
• classifying as an abuse of discretion a “fail[ure] to exercise meaningful discretion, such as acting arbitrarily or not at all” (emphasis added)
• applying the White factors when evaluating an award of attorneys’ fees as a punitive sanction pursuant to the court’s inherent authority
• upholding sanction award under the court’s inherent authority finding bad faith by a party in failing to comply with order enforcing settlement

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