TOWNSEND v. HOLMAN CONSULTING CORP.

Nos. 87-5825, 87-6154.

929 F.2d 1358 (1990)

Patrick TOWNSEND, Karen Townsend, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. HOLMAN CONSULTING CORPORATION, Defendant, and Towers, Perrin, Forster & Crosby; Trust Services of America, Inc.; American Insurance Administrators; International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 12, AFL-CIO, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided September 6, 1990.

As Amended on Denial of Rehearing and Rehearing April 10, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fred L. Wright and Ralph Rogari, Torrance, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Robert G. Wilson and John P. Reitman, Wilson & Reitman, Los Angeles, Cal., for defendants-appellees.

Before GOODWIN, Chief Judge, WALLACE, TANG, FLETCHER, PREGERSON, POOLE, NELSON, CANBY, NOONAN, O'SCANNLAIN, and TROTT, Circuit Judges.


As Amended on Denial of Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc April 10, 1991.

FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:

Fred Wright, attorney for the Townsends, appeals two orders of the district court imposing sanctions under Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. He argues that even though he signed pleadings containing certain frivolous requests for relief, the pleadings nonetheless could not be the subject of sanctions because they also included certain nonfrivolous...

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