ALVIN B. RUBIN, Circuit Judge:
Expressly declining to impose sanctions, the district court ordered a party to this suit and that party's lawyer jointly to pay the expenses incurred by the opposing parties as a result of a delay in the trial that was occasioned by the failure of a witness to appear without fault on the part of the party or his lawyer. We hold that the district court lacked authority to exact such a payment.
I.
Relying on 42 U.S.C...
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