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· 6/22/1988

Stephanie Hays and Gail MacDonald v. Sony Corporation of America

Citations

  • 847 F.2d 412

How courts have described this case

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

  • “A college or university does not supervise its faculty in the preparation of academic books and articles, and it is poorly equipped to exploit their writings, whether through publication or otherwise.” (emphasis added)
  • “Rule 11 defines a new form of legal malpractice.”
  • Rule 11 establishes negligence standard

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Judges: Posner, Flaum, Easterbrook

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