Fred A. Smith Lumber Company, an Illinois Corporation v. Norman Edidin, Gary Edidin and Sam Pancotto

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• reversing denial of sanctions against party and counsel for “employing the ostrich-like tactic of pretending that potentially dispositive authority against a litigant's contention does not exist, unprofessional behavior this Circuit refuses to tolerate”
• Counsel generally acted in bad faith by filing a complaint for fraud in the hope that future discovery might uncover the allegations of wrong doing.
• failure of the district court to address arguments made by the movants required remand, \as each of [the movants'] claims must be specifically and separately analyzed\
• “the most important purpose of Rule 11 sanctionsS iasn tcot idoentse:r T fhriev oFleoduesr alilt iLgaawti oonf aLnitdig tahteio nab Aubsiuvsee practices of attorneys”
• “the most important purpose of Rule 11 sanctions is to deter frivolous litigation and the abusive practices of attorneys”

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