Westfall v. Rust International & Underwriters Adjusting Co.

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• stating and applying that standard under former ORS 656.390, which authorized sanctions for pursuit of frivolous appeal
• applying that approach in reviewing sanctions under ORS 656.390
• setting out objective standard under FRCP 11, on which ORCP 17 was modeled
• to find if appeal is frivolous the court asks whether argument was one that reasonable lawyer would know was not well-grounded in fact or not warranted by law
• discussing 1983 version of FRCP 11

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