White Malautea v. Suzuki Motor Company, Ltd.

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• recognizing that the imposition of sanctions serves to deter and punish the actions of errant lawyers
• recognizing that Rule 87 does not require “the vain gesture” of imposing ineffective lesser sanctions before dismissing an action
• finding that the court’s inherent power to manage actions before it permits the imposition of fines
• explaining that Rule 37 “gives district judges broad discretion to fashion appropriate sanctions for violation of discovery orders”
• stating that \Rule 26(g) makes the imposition of 'an appropriate sanction' mandatory if a discovery request ... is interposed for an improper purpose\
• stating that “simple negligence” or “misunderstanding” will not justify dismissal under Rule 37

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).