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· 9/29/1988

United States v. United States District Court for the Central District of California

Citations

  • 858 F.2d 534

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that although fraud on the court was proven, it would be 25 “fruitless” to set aside judgment when the moving party would still lose
  • judgment rendered in case where unauthorized attorney practiced law is neither void nor subject to reversal
  • “The State 19 of California also makes it a misdemeanor for one to engage in the unauthorized practice 20 of law.”
  • the unauthorized practice of law is not “fraud on the court” under the savings clause because, among other reasons, there are other remedies available to protect the judicial system from this type of misconduct

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Judges: Beezer, Canby, Kozinski

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