United States v. Hercules, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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• holding that district courts have broad powers under the rules of discovery to impose sanctions for a party’s failure to abide by court orders
• concluding that the district court did not clearly err in finding that the attorney had acted in bad faith
• holding that for the purpose of Rule 37 sanctions “[o]ral orders are just as binding on litigants as written orders” with the “same” consequences
• holding that a court may find bad faith and impose sanctions where a party’s discovery misconduct neces- sitates repeated court orders, delays proceedings, increases litiga- tion costs, and requires hearings or sanctions
• finding that the court’s inherent power to manage actions before it permitted the imposition of fines
• finding that the court’s inherent power to manage actions before it permitted the imposition of fines

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