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· 1/16/2001

Lucien G. Senese, Cross-Appellee v. Chicago Area I. B. Of T. Pension Fund

Citations

  • 237 F.3d 819
  • 25 Employee Benefits Cas. (BNA) 1721
  • 2001 U.S. App. LEXIS 565
  • 2001 WL 33052

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  • “However, merely invoking the wrong statutory section or legal theory would not have been fatal to [the plaintiff’s] complaint.”
  • appellant’s failure to challenge independent, alternate ground offered by district court results in waiver of challenge to alternate ground and affirmance on that basis
  • “Rule 11 authorizes a district court to impose sanctions on lawyers or parties (or both) for submissions that are filed for an improper purpose or without reasonable investigation of the facts and law necessary to support their claims.”
  • “Rule 11 authorizes a district court to impose sanctions on lawyers or parties (or both) for submissions that are filed for an improper purpose or without a reasonable investigation into the facts and law necessary to support their claims.”

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Judges: Coffey, Wood, Williams

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