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· 2/2/1990

Lorenzo W. Coats v. Percy Pierre

Citations

  • 890 F.2d 728

How courts have described this case

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

  • noting that the Court of Appeals has discretion in fashioning a response to the failure to include the transcript on appeal, and that dismissing the entire appeal is a drastic remedy to which we should rarely resort
  • considering pro se plaintiff’s economic circumstances to justify reduction in sanctions amount
  • “Judges are not impressed by papers that hurl epithets against the other side. Memoranda that are personally insulting to an adversary are also often offensive to the Court.”

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Judges: Clark, Thornberry, Gee

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