THREAF PROPERTIES, LTD. v. TITLE INS. CO. OF MINNESOTA

No. 88-3526.

875 F.2d 831 (1989)

THREAF PROPERTIES, LTD., Plaintiff, John F. Hooley and Wilfred C. Varn, Non-party-Appellants, v. TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY OF MINNESOTA, etc., Defendant, William J. Rish, a/k/a Billy Jo Rish, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

June 14, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wilfred C. Varn, E.C. Deeno Kitchen, Hillary C. Ervin, Ervin, Varn, Jacobs, Odom and Kitchen, Tallahassee, Fla., John F. Hooley, Vega, Brown, Stanley & Martin, Naples, Fla., for appellants.

Robert P. Gaines, Beggs & Lane, Pensacola, Fla., for Rish.

Before VANCE and COX, Circuit Judges, and KING, Chief District Judge.


VANCE, Circuit Judge:

Wilfred C. Varn and John F. Hooley, two attorneys who represented Threaf Properties, Ltd. in an action against Title Insurance Company of Minnesota and appellee William Rish, appeal from an order imposing monetary sanctions under Fed.R.Civ.P. 11. For the reasons stated below, we reverse.

I. Facts

This case arose out of an agreement between Threaf Properties, Ltd. ("Threaf") and Catherine Taylor regarding the construction...

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