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UNANUE-CASAL v. UNANUE-CASAL

Nos. 89-2042, 89-2078.

898 F.2d 839 (1990)

Ulpiano UNANUE-CASAL, a/k/a Charles Unanue, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. Francisco UNANUE-CASAL, a/k/a Frank Unanue, Jose Unanue Casal, a/k/a Joe Unanue, Defendants, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided March 28, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arturo J. Garcia-Sola with whom Manuel Fernandez-Bared and McConnell Valdes Kelley Sifre Griggs & Ruiz-Suria, Hato Rey, P.R., were on brief for defendants, appellants.

Nicolas Nogueras, Jr. with whom Antonio I. Hernandez Rodriguez, Hato Rey, P.R., William M. Vidal Carvajal, and Hernandez & Vidal, San Juan, P.R., were on brief for plaintiff, appellee.

Before BREYER and SELYA, Circuit Judges, and RE, Judge.

OPINION

BREYER, Circuit Judge.

The appellants in this case believe that, pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 11, the district court should have required the appellee and his counsel to pay attorney's fees (and imposed other sanctions) for having frivolously and improperly filed a "petition for removal" in the federal district court in Puerto Rico, removing to that court a "will contest" case then pending in a New Jersey state court. See 28 U.S.C. § 1441...

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