THOMAS E. HOAR, INC. v. SARA LEE CORP.

Nos. 1070, 808, Dockets 88-7962, 88-9010.

882 F.2d 682 (1989)

THOMAS E. HOAR, INCORPORATED, Plaintiff-Appellant, Cross-Appellee, v. SARA LEE CORPORATION, et al., Defendants-Appellees, Cross-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided August 10, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leon J. Greenspan, White Plains, N.Y. (Greenspan, Jaffe & Rosenblatt, White Plains, N.Y., of counsel), for plaintiff-appellant and cross-appellee.

Russell H. Carpenter, Washington, D.C. (Covington & Burling, Washington, D.C., and Frederick Newman, Blodnick, Pomeranz, Schultz & Abramowitz, Lake Success, N.Y., of counsel), for defendants-appellees and cross-appellants.

Before LUMBARD, ALTIMARI and MAHONEY, Circuit Judges.


ALTIMARI, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff Thomas E. Hoar, Inc. ("Hoar") and its attorney (collectively "appellants") appeal from an order of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Thomas C. Platt, Ch.J.) that imposed a sanction on them with joint and several liability for expenses including attorneys' fees pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 37. Appellants argue that the district court improperly found that they abused the discovery process warranting...

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