David M. Fink v. James H. Gomez, Director, Diana Carloni Nourse

U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit · Decided 2001-02-08

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McKEOWN, Circuit Judge: We must decide whether, as a matter of law, a district court has authority under its inherent power to impose sanctions when an attorney has made reckless misstatements of law and fact, and has done so for an improper purpose. We conclude that it does have the authority and thus reverse and remand so that the district court may exercise its discretion to…

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