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Muscarella v. McKeever

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
Jul 23, 1993
12 F.3d 1107 (9th Cir. 1993)

Summary

holding three year delay in state remedy for complex class action to be "speedy" under the Act

Summary of this case from Amos v. Glynn County Board of Tax Assessors

Opinion


12 F.3d 1107 (9th Cir. 1993) James Allen MUSCARELLA, Plaintiff, and Charles Jarvis Murray, Appellant, v. James McKEEVER, Alpha Omega Publishing Corp., dba Omega Financial Services, Defendants-Appellee. No. 91-16816. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit July 23, 1993

Editorial Note:

This opinion appears in the Federal reporter in a table titled "Table of Decisions Without Reported Opinions". (See FI CTA9 Rule 36-3 regarding use of unpublished opinions)

Submitted July 14, 1993.

Withdrawn Nov. 23, 1993.

Appeal from the United States District Court For the District of Hawaii, No. CV-88-00006-DAE; David A. Ezra, District Judges Presiding.

D.Hawaii [Superseding 999 F.2d 543]

REMANDED.

Before: WALLACE, D.W. NELSON and O'SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judges.

ORDER

The opinion of the district court is affirmed on the basis of its orders filed September 9, 1991 and November 12, 1991, with three exceptions. First, Count 3 charged that James McKeever and Alpha Omega Publishing Corp., dba Omega Financial Services, failed to comply with a Commodity Futures Trading Commission regulation regarding the publication of disclaimers. Since there was no causal connection between that omission and the claimed damages, inclusion of Count 3 was sanctionable for that reason. Second, sanctions are awarded under Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Rule 11 and 28 U.S.C. § 1927. Third, we remand to the district court to determine how much of the appellees' fees and costs on their sanctions motion were included in the award against appellant, the sum of which should be deducted from the overall award. Cooter & Gell v. Hartmarx Corp., 496 U.S. 384, 406 (Rule 11 should be understood as permitting an award only of those expenses directly caused by the filing at the trial level); see also Lockary v. Kayfetz, 974 F.2d 1166, 1178 (9th Cir.1992) (attorneys' fees for preparing a motion for sanctions should not be included in the overall sanctions award).

Attorneys fees and costs are awarded against Charles Jarvis Murray, pursuant to Rule 38, Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure, for filing a frivolous appeal. This case is remanded to the district court for the setting of fees.

SO ORDERED.


Summaries of

Muscarella v. McKeever

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
Jul 23, 1993
12 F.3d 1107 (9th Cir. 1993)

holding three year delay in state remedy for complex class action to be "speedy" under the Act

Summary of this case from Amos v. Glynn County Board of Tax Assessors
Case details for

Muscarella v. McKeever

Case Details

Full title:James Allen MUSCARELLA, Plaintiff, and Charles Jarvis Murray, Appellant…

Court:United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit

Date published: Jul 23, 1993

Citations

12 F.3d 1107 (9th Cir. 1993)

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