WELLS FARGO CLEARING SERVICES, LLC v. BRIAN LEGGETT

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• holding that in deciding whether to award sanctions, “the court must assess whether there has been substantive bad faith as exhibited by, for example, a party’s use of oppressive tactics or its wilful violations of court orders”
• in absence of rule of practice on point, trial court may rely on its inherent authority to manage proceedings, including authority to impose sanctions
• in absence of rule of practice on point, trial court may rely on its inherent authority to manage proceedings
• court's inherent authority to impose sanction of attorney's fees for bad faith pleading

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