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PORT DRUM CO. v. UMPHREY

No. 88-2179. Summary Calendar.

852 F.2d 148 (1988)

PORT DRUM COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Walter UMPHREY and Kurt B. Chacon, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 16, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marian S. Rosen, Houston, Tex., for plaintiff-appellant.

Russell Serafin, Robert Davee, Mills, Shirley, Eckel & Bassett, Galveston, Tex., for defendants-appellees.

Before POLITZ, KING and SMITH, Circuit Judges.

JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:

Port Drum Co. ("Port Drum") filed this suit seeking damages and declaratory relief against Walter Umphrey and Kurt Chacon, two attorneys who had maintained a wrongful death suit in federal court. Although Port Drum was never a party to that action, it asserts that federal law grants it a private cause of action to enforce Fed.R.Civ.P. 11.1 Under Port Drum's unique...

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