Milltex Industries Corp. v. Jacquard Lace Company, Ltd., Avrom R. Vann, Esq.

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• finding that district court 5 The Court presumes that the parties move pursuant to Rule 37. abused its discretion sanctioning a party even though conduct throughout the litigation was “hardly exemplary”
• reversing sanction because attorney’s actions in representing client were neither “entirely without color [of legal legitimacy]” nor undertaken with “improper purposes”
• reversing sanction imposed on attorney because there was insufficient evidence of bad faith
• reversing sanction because attorney's actions in representing client were neither \entirely without color [of legal legitimacy]\ nor undertaken with \improper purposes\
• declining to uphold attorney’s fees even though the attorney’s behavior was “hardly exemplary,” since it was not possible to say with assurance that the actions were entirely meritless and motivated by improper purpose
• “[T]he court’s factual findings of bad faith must be characterized by ‘a high degree of specificity.’” (quoting Oliveri, 803 F.2d at 1272)

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