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McCANDLESS v. GREAT ATLANTIC AND PAC. TEA CO., INC.

No. 82-1359.

697 F.2d 198 (1983)

Beatrice McCANDLESS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The GREAT ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC TEA COMPANY, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided January 11, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Murray B. Woolley, Murray B. Woolley, Ltd., Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellant.

Lynne F. Siegel, Seyfarth, Shaw, Fairweather & Geraldson, Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellee.

Before PELL and BAUER, Circuit Judges, and CAMPBELL, Senior District Judge.

PELL, Circuit Judge.

The sole issue in this appeal is the propriety of a sanction levied against an attorney accused of willful abuse of the judicial process. Plaintiff's attorney, Murray B. Woolley, appeals the district court's order that he personally pay $1,000 of defendant's attorneys' fees. The court entered the award after finding that Woolley had not litigated in good faith. Counsel's derelictions included filing a frivolous lawsuit, misquoting precedent, and...

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