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· 3/2/1995

George Hadges, William M. Kunstler v. Yonkers Racing Corp.

Citations

  • 48 F.3d 1320
  • 30 Fed. R. Serv. 3d 1165
  • 1995 U.S. App. LEXIS 4034

How courts have described this case

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

  • noting that fraud on the court “is limited to fraud which seriously affects the integrity of the normal process of adjudication”
  • noting that fraud on the court ʺis limited to fraud 4 which seriously affects the integrity of the normal process of adjudicationʺ
  • explaining that Rule 11(c) gives a party facing sanctions “21 days during which factual or legal contentions may be withdrawn or appropriately corrected in order to avoid sanction”
  • holding the district court abused its discretion when it imposed sanctions because the court \did not take into account [the party's] failure to comply with the ... procedural requirements of Rule 11\
  • explaining that “fraud on the court” includes only a limited “species of fraud”
  • denying request for sanctions included in motion to dismiss because it failed to comply with procedural requirement for separate motion

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Judges: Feinberg, Kearse, Altimari

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