BURNETTE v. LOCKHEED MISSILES & SPACE COMPANY INC.

No. 94-15984.

72 F.3d 766 (1995)

Velma BURNETTE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. LOCKHEED MISSILES & SPACE COMPANY, INC.; Lockheed Corporation; Robert Godshall, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided December 27, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry M. Steinberg, San Francisco, California, for plaintiff-appellant.

John C. Cook, Cook & Roos, San Francisco, California and Daniel P. Westman, Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton, San Francisco, California, for defendants-appellees.

Before: NORRIS, BEEZER and TROTT, Circuit Judges.


We affirm the judgment of the district court dismissing with prejudice plaintiff's spurious civil RICO claim against the defendants, and imposing sanctions against plaintiff's attorney, Henry M. Steinberg.1 The relevant facts as explained in the district court's well-reasoned opinion, Burnette v. Godshall, 828 F.Supp. 1439 (N.D.Cal.1993), are as follows: Velma Burnette brought this action in California...

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