ZUK v. EPPI OF THE MEDICAL COLLEGE OF PENNSYLVANIA

No. 96-1199.

103 F.3d 294 (1996)

Gerald ZUK v. EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE OF THE MEDICAL COLLEGE OF PENNSYLVANIA, Appellee, Benjamin G. Lipman, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided December 31, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Benjamin G. Lipman, Philadelphia, PA, pro se (argued).

Michael I. Shamos (argued), The Webb Law Firm, Pittsburgh, PA, for Appellee.

Before: SLOVITER, Chief Judge, MCKEE and ROSENN, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

ROSENN, Circuit Judge.

This appeal brings into focus difficult questions relating to the evolving uses and purposes of Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (Fed.R.Civ.P.) Rule 11 sanctions, the more narrow statutory function of sanctions permitted under 28 U.S.C. § 1927, and differences between the two. The sanctions here stem from a suit filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania by Benjamin...

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