MIRANDA v. SOUTHERN PACIFIC TRANSP. CO.

No. 80-5413.

710 F.2d 516 (1983)

Victor MIRANDA, Plaintiff, v. SOUTHERN PACIFIC TRANSPORTATION COMPANY, a Delaware corporation, Defendant. In the Matter of R. Edward PFIESTER, Esquire, and G. Richard Ford, Esquire, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided July 12, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. Andrew Wasmund, Bank, Wasmund & Davidson, Manhattan Beach, Cal., for appellants.

Before WALLACE, HUG and ALARCON, Circuit Judges.


HUG, Circuit Judge:

Pfiester and Ford, opposing counsel in a civil case, appeal a district court's order imposing sanctions of two hundred and fifty dollars on each of them for failing to comply with the local rules regarding the pretrial conference. On appeal, they contend that: (1) the district court has no authority to impose monetary sanctions without a finding of contempt; (2) the district court violated due process by imposing the sanctions without affording...

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