Oliveri v. Thompson

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• noting that at the time of filing suits in police misconduct cases, plaintiff is not \likely to know much about the relevant internal operations of the police department\
• stating that “[c]ourts should be sensitive to the impact of sanctions on attorneys. They can be economically punishing, as well as professionally harmful”
• noting that at the time of filing suits in police misconduct cases, plaintiff is not \likely to know much about the relevant internal operations of the police department\
• explaining that there is no “meaningful difference” between the standards for imposing sanctions under section 1927 and a court’s inherent authority
• approving the district court's reducing sanction against attorney from $51,000 to $5,000 because of his financial condition
• “Limiting the application of rule 11 to testing the attorney’s conduct at the time a paper is signed is virtually mandated by the plain language of the rule.”

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Cited by

290 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Patricia Thomas v. Capital Security Services, Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 1988-01-21· cited 679×
• Jurldine A. Donaldson v. Paul v. Clark
  Eleventh Circuit· 1987-06-24· cited 361×
• Avirgan v. Hull
  Eleventh Circuit· 1991-06-18· cited 332×
• Oliveri v. Thompson
  Second Circuit· 1986-10-15· cited 294×
• Rufus E. Cunningham v. County of Los Angeles, and Richard Eiden, Real-Party-In-Interest-Appellant
  Ninth Circuit· 1989-06-20· cited 289×
• In Re Kunstler.
  Fourth Circuit· 1990-10-12· cited 277×
• Brown v. Borough of Chambersburg
  Third Circuit· 1990-05-21· cited 267×
• Albert J. Gaiardo and Patricia Gaiardo, His Wife v. Ethyl Corporation, A/K/A Ethyl Corporation, Visqueen Division
  Third Circuit· 1987-12-14· cited 264×
• Herbert W. Rounseville and Robert Rounseville v. Samuel Zahl, Treva M. Way, and Geoffrey P. Serata
  Second Circuit· 1994-01-11· cited 247×
• Schlaifer Nance & Co. v. Estate of Warhol
  Second Circuit· 1999-10-19· cited 209×
• In Re Ruben
  Sixth Circuit· 1987-07-30· cited 182×
• Julia Karen Eisemann v. Miriam Greene, M.D.
  Second Circuit· 2000-02-17· cited 179×
• In the Matter of Cohoes Industrial Terminal, Inc., Debtor. Leon C. Baker, Cross-Appellee v. Latham Sparrowbush Associates, Cross-Appellant
  Second Circuit· 1991-05-01· cited 171×
• Star Mark Management, Inc. v. Koon Chun Hing Kee Soy & Sauce Factory, Ltd.
  Second Circuit· 2012-06-13· cited 166×
• John A. Healey, Michael S. Press v. Chelsea Resources, Ltd., Dominick & Dominick Securities, Inc. And Dominick & Dominick, Incorporated
  Second Circuit· 1991-10-18· cited 163×
• Brubaker v. City of Richmond
  Fourth Circuit· 1991-08-08· cited 155×
• Seyed N. Shafii v. British Airways, Plc
  Second Circuit· 1996-05-08· cited 152×
• Robert Davis v. Walter R. Kelly
  Second Circuit· 1998-11-23· cited 150×
• Anne Anderson v. Beatrice Foods Co.
  First Circuit· 1990-04-30· cited 147×
• United States v. Melvin D. Wallace and Arthur M. Levin
  D.C. Circuit· 1992-06-02· cited 146×

Other cases named Oliveri v. Thompson

1 other CourtListener record shares this case name.

• Oliveri v. Thompson
  Second Circuit· 1986-10-15· cited 294×