Sassower v. Field

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that trial court has inherent authority to impose attorney’s fees on pro se litigant acting in bad faith or for oppressive reasons
• holding that § 1927 cannot be used to impose sanctions on non-lawyer litigants, but also holding that § 1927 can impose sanctions on a pro se litigant who is also a lawyer
• finding that § 1927 cannot be applied to non-lawyer pro se litigants because they do not fall within the meaning of “admitted” in the statute
• finding that defendants could not make a showing that the suit was “frivolous, unreasonable, or without foundation” when the district judge already recognized that it pled a prima facie case of discrimination and presented a factual dispute for the jury”
• affirming financial sanction on pro se plaintiff for vexatious litigation conduct pursuant to district court’s inherent sanction authority
• finding an award of attorney’s fees as sanctions against a pro se plaintiff was appropriate where the plaintiff had repeatedly utilized “entirely vexatious and oppressive tactics”

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Cited by

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

• Carr v. Tillery
  Seventh Circuit· 2010-01-12· cited 160×
• Anthony Alexander v. United States
  Seventh Circuit· 1997-08-08· cited 150×
• In Re: Rimsat, Limited, Debtor, Appeals Of: Kauthar Sdn Bhd
  Seventh Circuit· 2000-05-18· cited 85×
• Yeheskel Dattner v. Conagra Foods, Inc., Conagra International, Inc., Donald Da Parma, Docket No. 05-5568-Cv
  Second Circuit· 2006-07-27· cited 82×
• Sassower v. Field
  Second Circuit· 1992-08-13· cited 49×
• Sassower v. Abrams
  S.D. New York· 1993-09-08· cited 47×
• Trigon Insurance v. United States
  E.D. Virginia· 2001-11-09· cited 43×
• Sorenson v. Wolfson
  S.D. New York· 2016-03-21· cited 35×
• DLC Management Corp. v. Town of Hyde Park
  Second Circuit· 1998-12-15· cited 33×
• American Federation Of State, County And Municipal Employees, Afl-Cio (Afscme) v. Nassau County
  Second Circuit· 1996-09-26· cited 27×
• Wentworth v. Hedson
  E.D. New York· 2007-06-26· cited 27×
• Bowler v. U.S. Immigration & Naturalization Service
  S.D. New York· 1995-09-12· cited 25×
• LCS Grp. LLC v. Shire LLC
  S.D. Illinois· 2019-05-29· cited 16×
• 680 Fifth Avenue Associates v. EGI Co. Services (In Re 680 Fifth Avenue Associates)
  S.D. New York· 1998-02-20· cited 13×
• Crenshaw v. City of Defuniak Springs
  N.D. Florida· 1995-05-12· cited 13×
• Hall v. Dworkin
  N.D. New York· 1993-07-28· cited 13×
• Marine Midland Bank v. Huber (In Re Huber)
  W.D. New York· 1994-07-01· cited 12×
• Mohamed v. McLaurin
  D. Vermont· 2019-05-30· cited 12×
• Institute for Motivational Living, Inc. v. Doulos Institute for Strategic Consulting, Inc.
  Third Circuit· 2004-10-05· cited 11×
• Balcar v. BELL AND ASSOCIATES, LLC
  N.D. West Virginia· 2003-04-04· cited 9×

Other cases named Sassower v. Field

6 other CourtListener records share this case name.

• Sassower v. Field
  Second Circuit· 1992-08-13· cited 49×
• Sassower v. Field
  S.D. New York· 1990-09-05· cited 11×
• Sassower v. Field
  S.D. New York· 1991-08-12· cited 4×
• Sassower v. Field
  S.D. New York· 1990-11-13· cited 3×
• Sassower v. Field
  Supreme Court· 1993-04-19
• Sassower v. Field
  Supreme Court· 1993-04-19