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KAMEN v. AMERICAN TEL. & TEL. CO.

No. 706, Docket 85-7799.

791 F.2d 1006 (1986)

Susan Mary KAMEN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. AMERICAN TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH CO., Patricia McDonald and Carol Buckham, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided May 23, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Becker, Raff & Becker, New York City (David Seth Michaels, New York City, of counsel), for plaintiff-appellant.

Eric Rosenfeld, New York City (Seyfarth, Shaw, Fairweather & Geraldson, New York City, of counsel), for defendants-appellees.

Before OAKES, KEARSE and PRATT, Circuit Judges.

OAKES, Circuit Judge:

In this case — one involving a questionable grant of a motion to dismiss — the district court imposed Rule 11 sanctions on the plaintiff or the plaintiff's attorney apparently for failure to make "reasonable inquiry" into the action's jurisdictional basis before filing the complaint. Purporting to follow Eastway Construction Corp. v. City of New York, 762 F.2d 243 (2d Cir.1985), the district...

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