BROWN v. FEDERATION OF STATE MEDICAL BOARDS OF U.S.

No. 86-2652.

830 F.2d 1429 (1987)

Samuel W. BROWN, M.D., Plaintiff, David Neely, Appellant, v. FEDERATION OF STATE MEDICAL BOARDS OF THE UNITED STATES; Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates; and The National Board of Medical Examiners, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 22, 1987.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied November 18, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce H. Bornstein & Alan M. Freedman, Freedman & Bornstein, Chicago, Ill., for appellant.

Helen E. Witt, Kirkland & Ellis, Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellees.

Before COFFEY and FLAUM, Circuit Judges, and ESCHBACH, Senior Circuit Judge.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied November 18, 1987.

FLAUM, Circuit Judge.

The appellant, David Neely, appeals from the district court's order imposing sanctions against him pursuant to Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. The district court's order required Neely, an attorney, to pay the three defendants over $30,000 in attorneys' fees. On appeal, Neely argues that Rule 11 sanctions should not have been granted, and that, even if it was proper...

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