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INSURANCE BEN. ADMINISTRATORS, INC. v. MARTIN

No. 87-2671.

871 F.2d 1354 (1989)

INSURANCE BENEFIT ADMINISTRATORS, INC., an Illinois corporation, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jon MARTIN, individually and d/b/a the Communicators, BiJo, Inc., an Illinois corporation; William Mueller, individually and d/b/a Wilkare Typographers, Defendants, Appeal of John W. GAVIN, one of the attorneys for Jon Martin, et al.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided April 18, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James J. Gavin, Gavin & Gavin, Westchester, Ill., for appellant.

Matthew F. Kennelly, Cotsirilos Crowley Stephenson Tighe & Streicker, Ltd., Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before CUMMINGS, COFFEY, and KANNE, Circuit Judges.

KANNE, Circuit Judge.

Based on two separate requests, the district court imposed sanctions against Attorney John W. Gavin. The first sanction against Gavin was a $3,000 assessment for frivolously contesting his client's employment status. The second sanction was an assessment of more than $31,000 for various actions, relating to pretrial and trial matters, taken by Gavin. This appeal solely contests the imposition of sanctions, not the underlying RICO decision in...

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