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SUSSMAN v. BANK OF ISRAEL

Nos. 1034, 1035, Dockets 94-7437, 94-7481.

56 F.3d 450 (1995)

Erwin SUSSMAN, and Ira Guilden, deceased, by & through Paul Guilden, his personal representative, Plaintiffs, Nathan Lewin, Esq., Appellant-Cross-Appellee, v. BANK OF ISRAEL, Ministry of Finance of the Government of Israel, Bank Hapoalim Ltd., Moses Mandelbaum, Galia Maor, Zeev Eveles, and John Does, 1-5, Defendants-Appellees-Cross-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided June 2, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth W. Starr, Washington, DC (Alex M. Azar II, Christopher Landau, Kirkland & Ellis, Washington, DC; Herbert J. Miller, Jr., Miller, Cassidy, Larroca & Lewin, Washington, DC, on the brief), for appellant-cross-appellee.

Jonathan J. Lerner, New York City (Angela G. Garcia, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, New York City, on the brief), for defendants-appellees-cross-appellants.

Before: OAKES, KEARSE, and CABRANES, Circuit Judges.

KEARSE, Circuit Judge:

Nathan Lewin, Esq., an attorney for the plaintiffs herein whose complaint was dismissed on the ground of forum non conveniens, appeals from so much of a judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Charles S. Haight, Jr., Judge, as imposed a $50,000 sanction against Lewin pursuant to Fed. R.Civ.P. 11 and the court's inherent power on the ground that the complaint, signed by Lewin, had been filed...

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