· 7/13/2010
In Re Girardi
Citations
- 611 F.3d 1027
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- explaining that, although “carelessly, negligently, or unreasonably multiplying the proceedings is not” vexatious, “recklessly or intentionally misl[eading] the court” is vexatious, as is “recklessly rais[ing] a frivolous argument”
- sanctioning counsel for attempting to enforce foreign money judgment that “named the wrong defendant” despite knowing that “the discrepancy could doom any enforcement action”
- “misrepresenting facts,” “making frivolous filings,” and violating “§ 1927’s duty to correct or withdraw litigation positions after it becomes obvious that they are meritless”
- in which the entire “litigation was based on . . . falsehoods,” which were asserted “knowingly, intentionally, and recklessly”
- Attorneys have a “duty [under Section 1927] to correct or withdraw litigation 5 positions after it becomes obvious that they are meritless.”
- alteration in the State of Texas and U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas. Evid. Hr’g Tr. vol. 3, 758 (Testimony of Donald Hagans
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Judges: William A. Fletcher, Marsha S. Berzon, N. Randy Smith, Circuit Judges
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