Townsend v. Holman Consulting Corp.

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• holding that remand was not necessary for further findings on 25 improper purpose issue because the district court’s limited 26 findings when combined with the record were adequate for purposes of appellate review
• holding that remand was not necessary for further findings on 25 improper purpose issue because the district court’s limited 26 findings when combined with the record were adequate for purposes of appellate review
• noting that ―district courts substantially aid the review process by giving thorough explanations of their reasons‖
• stating that a filing is frivolous when it “is both baseless and made without a reasonable and competent inquiry”
• stating the “improper purpose inquiry” is subsumed by the “frivolousness inquiry” when the complaint is not objectively baseless
• explaining 24 that a court may impose sanction under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 11 if a filed paper is 25 26 27 1 LR 7-2(g

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Cited by

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

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  Ninth Circuit· 1997-05-28· cited 277×
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  Ninth Circuit· 1996-03-01· cited 240×
• Holgate v. Baldwin
  Ninth Circuit· 2005-09-30· cited 240×
• In Re Carol Freeman Marsch, Debtor (Two Cases). John D. Marsch, Claimant-Appellant v. Carol F. Marsch, (Two Cases)
  Ninth Circuit· 1994-09-14· cited 234×
• Bryant v. Joseph Tree, Inc.
  Washington Supreme Court· 1992-05-28· cited 220×
• Fries v. Helsper
  Seventh Circuit· 1998-06-01· cited 183×
• Nugget Hydroelectric, L.P. v. Pacific Gas and Electric Company
  Ninth Circuit· 1992-12-07· cited 151×
• St. Paul Reinsurance Co. v. Commercial Financial Corp.
  N.D. Iowa· 2000-11-22· cited 151×
• Pacific Harbor Capital, Inc.,plaintiff-Appellee v. Carnival Air Lines, Inc.,defendant, and Jeffrey M. Herman Stuart S. Mermelstein, Movants-Appellants
  Ninth Circuit· 2000-04-27· cited 147×
• R.P. Ex Rel. C.P. v. Prescott Unified School District
  Ninth Circuit· 2011-02-04· cited 133×
• Dodd Insurance Services, Inc. And Tom Dodd, Jr. v. Royal Insurance Company of America, an Illinois Corporation F/k/a Royal-Globe Insurance Companies
  Tenth Circuit· 1991-06-11· cited 122×
• Bergmann v. Boyce
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1993-07-30· cited 115×
• Perez v. Posse Comitatus
  Second Circuit· 2004-06-28· cited 114×
• Jack B. Buster, A. Lee Petersen v. Ronald E. Greisen Henry P. Head and David L. Ratchye
  Ninth Circuit· 1997-03-26· cited 111×
• Melvin D. Reed v. The Great Lakes Companies, Inc.
  Seventh Circuit· 2003-06-24· cited 89×
• State v. Thornton
  Utah Supreme Court· 2017-02-21· cited 89×
• Price v. State Of Hawaii
  Ninth Circuit· 1991-09-18· cited 84×
• Jordan v. State Ex Rel. Department of Motor Vehicles & Public Safety
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2005-04-14· cited 83×

Other cases named Townsend v. Holman Consulting Corp.

3 other CourtListener records share this case name.

• Townsend v. Holman Consulting Corp.
  Ninth Circuit· 1990-09-06· cited 47×
• Townsend v. Holman Consulting Corp.
  Ninth Circuit· 1989-08-07· cited 30×
• Townsend v. Holman Consulting Corp.
  Ninth Circuit· 1989-11-08