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SOUTHERN LEASING PARTNERS, LTD. v. McMULLAN

No. 86-4206.

801 F.2d 783 (1986)

SOUTHERN LEASING PARTNERS, LTD. and Michael Savage, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Paul W. McMULLAN, Thomas A. Murphy, Luther R. Boyd, William Pittman, First Mississippi National Bank, and Continental Leasing Company, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

October 8, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nicholas Van Wiser, William Lee Guice, III, Biloxi, Miss., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Michael Freidlander, Stephen P. Murphy, Washington, D.C., Fred Mannino, Biloxi, Miss., for McMullan, Murphy, Boyd, Pittman, First Miss. Continental.

Kenneth L. Swartout, Biloxi, Miss., for Phillips.

Before ALVIN B. RUBIN, RANDALL and PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

PER CURIAM:

This is an appeal from a District Court order imposing sanctions against the plaintiff, Southern Leasing Partners, Ltd., and plaintiff's counsel, pursuant to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Rule 11 and 28 U.S.C. § 1927. The district court found that the actions of Southern Leasing and its attorneys were not reasonable under the circumstances and that they pursued claims which were not well grounded in fact or warranted by existing...

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