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· 1/26/2015

In re: Jeffrey J. Prosser v.

Citations

  • 62 V.I. 745
  • 777 F.3d 154
  • 73 Collier Bankr. Cas. 2d 183
  • 2015 WL 305523
  • 2015 U.S. App. LEXIS 1180
  • 60 Bankr. Ct. Dec. (CRR) 137

How courts have described this case

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

  • “[F]ailure to engage in … a reasonable inquiry [into the facts] indi- cates … objectively unreasonable conduct.”
  • factor met where filings required the parties and court to “expend[] significant time and resources addressing them rather than the merits”
  • “[T]he adversary proceeding was only a part of the bankruptcy case . . . .”
  • “A court imposing § 1927 sanctions must find bad faith, but that finding need not be made explicitly.”
  • factor met where filings “created new issues” for bankruptcy trustee and court “to address”
  • “To impose § 1927 sanctions, a court must ‘find an attorney has (1) multiplied proceedings; (2) in an unreasonable and vexatious manner; (3) thereby increasing the cost of the proceedings; and (4

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Judges: Chagares, Jordan, Shwartz

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