TOM GROWNEY EQUIP. v. SHELLEY IRR. DEVELOPMENT

No. 86-15024.

834 F.2d 833 (1987)

TOM GROWNEY EQUIPMENT, INC., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. SHELLEY IRRIGATION DEVELOPMENT, INC., Defendant, Appeal of STOMPOLY & EVEN, P.C.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided December 18, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

K. Alexander Hobson, Fish, Duffield, Miller, Young, Adamson & Alfred, Tucson, Ariz., for plaintiff-appellee.

James L. Stroud, Stompoly & Stroud, Tucson, Ariz., for appellant.

Before ANDERSON, FERGUSON and NOONAN, Circuit Judges.


J. BLAINE ANDERSON, Circuit Judge:

The law firm of Stompoly & Even ("appellant") appeals a judgment in favor of Tom Growney Equipment, Inc. ("Growney") which imposed $5,000 in sanctions against the firm pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 11. The sole subject of this appeal concerns the propriety of the district court's imposition of sanctions under Rule 11 against appellant for making frivolous claims, one of which was allegedly made for coercive purposes. The principal...

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