LIGHTSPEED MEDIA CORP. v. SMITH

Nos. 13-1682, 13-3801.

761 F.3d 699 (2014)

LIGHTSPEED MEDIA CORPORATION, Plaintiff, v. Anthony SMITH, et al., Defendants-Appellees, Appeal of Paul Duffy, John Steele, and Paul Hansmeier, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 31, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul A. Duffy , Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff.

Daniel Booth , Jason E. Sweet , Booth & Sweet LLP, Cambridge, MA, Hugh S. Balsam , Bart Wescott Huffman , Locke Lord LLP, Austin, TX, John D. Seiver , Davis Wright Tremaine , Washington, DC, Andrew G. Toennies , Lashly & Baer, P.C., St. Louis , MO, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before DIANE P. WOOD, Chief Judge, and KANNE and SYKES, Circuit Judges.


WOOD, Chief Judge.

The first rule of holes, according to an old saying, is to stop digging. The two appeals before us bring that to mind, for reasons that will become apparent. The first, No. 13-3801, comes to us from the district court's order granting a motion for attorneys' fees and costs under 28 U.S.C. § 1927 filed by SBC Internet Services, LLC (d/b/a AT & T), Comcast Cable Communications, LLC (collectively "the ISPs"), and Anthony Smith, defendants...

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