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THOMPSON v. DUKE

No. 90-1811.

940 F.2d 192 (1991)

Anthony Wayne THOMPSON, Plaintiff, v. Cheryl L. DUKE, Chester J. Pucci, Floyd Cox, et al., Defendants-Appellees. Appeal of Philip J. NATHANSON, Attorney for Plaintiff.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 2, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shepard Gould, Peter D. Kasdin, Mary E. Doherty, Nathanson & Wray, and Philip J. Nathanson (argued), Nathanson & Associates, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff.

Rosalyn B. Kaplan, Asst. Atty. Gen., Colleen McLaughlin, Michael V. Casey, Asst. Atty. Gen., Joseph D. Ryan, Frank J. Parkerson, Philip H. Mitchell, Asst. State Attys., David R. Butzen (argued), Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellees.

Before WOOD, Jr., CUDAHY, and RIPPLE, Circuit Judges.

RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.

An attorney brought an action, on behalf of his client, against various state and county officials pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The district court granted the defendants' motions for summary judgment, and we affirmed. Thereafter, the district court sanctioned the attorney under Rule 11 on the ground that the allegations in the complaint against the county defendants were not warranted by existing law or a good faith argument for reversing...

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