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SPROUS v. IOWA DIST. COURT FOR LEE COUNTY

No. 97-791.

595 N.W.2d 777 (1999)

Timothy SPROUS, Plaintiff, v. IOWA DISTRICT COURT FOR LEE COUNTY, Defendant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

June 3, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick Ingram and Janice B. Binder of Mears Law Office, Iowa City, for plaintiff.

Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, and William A. Hill, Assistant Attorney General, for defendant.

Considered by McGIVERIN, C.J., and HARRIS, LAVORATO, NEUMAN, and CADY, JJ.

HARRIS, Justice.

In 1986, taking federal rule of civil procedure 11 as our model, we authorized the imposition of sanctions on those filing frivolous lawsuits. Iowa rule of civil procedure 80(a) authorizes sanctions against attorneys (or others) who misuse judicial process by such filings. Rule 80(b) extends this authority by authorizing courts to stay proceedings brought by nonattorney parties who have abused judicial process by unmeritorious filings three or more...

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