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GOLDEN EAGLE DISTRIBUTING CORP. v. BURROUGHS CORP.

No. 84-2602.

801 F.2d 1531 (1986)

GOLDEN EAGLE DISTRIBUTING CORPORATION, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. BURROUGHS CORPORATION, Defendant, and Kirkland & Ellis, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided October 9, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey Alan Miller, Perez, McNabb & Cook, Orinda, Cal., for plaintiff-appellee.

James J. Brosnahan, Morrison & Foerster, San Francisco, Cal., for appellant.

Before SCHROEDER, REINHARDT, and BEEZER, Circuit Judges.

SCHROEDER, Circuit Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

This is an appeal from the imposition of sanctions under Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure as amended in 1983. The appellant, a major national law firm, raises significant questions of first impression.

The relevant portions of the amended Rule provide:

Every pleading, motion, and other paper of a party represented by an attorney shall be signed by at least one attorney of record in...

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