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Ninth Circuit· 6/10/1999

Weissman v. Quail Lodge Inc.

Citations

  • 179 F.3d 1194
  • 99 Daily Journal DAR 5826
  • 99 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 4540
  • 1999 U.S. App. LEXIS 11896
  • 1999 WL 374076

How courts have described this case

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

  • finding that the district court violated attorney's due process rights by failing to give him notice and an opportunity to be heard prior to sanctioning him
  • finding that the district court violated attorney’s due process rights by failing to give him notice and an opportunity to be heard prior to sanctioning him
  • agreeing with the court in Williams that “words themselves do not constitute sanctions” and do not inde- pendently trigger a right to appeal
  • agreeing with Williams that “words themselves do not constitute sanc- tions” and do not independently support right to appeal, but reviewing sanction restricting attorney’s right to file objec- tions to proposed class action settlement agreements
  • “District courts have the inherent power to file 27 restrictive pre-filing orders against vexatious litigants with abusive and lengthy histories of litigation.”
  • a court imposing 13 sanctions “must clearly delineate under which authority it acts to insure that the attendant 14 requirements are met”

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Judges: Noonan, Restani, Tashima, Trade

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