277 F. Supp. 2d 528 - DiPaolo v. Moran’s Empirical Analysis
2003
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 6 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1927 · 42 U.S.C. § 1988 · 42 U.S.C. § 2000E (§ 706 of the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964)
Relies on Cooter & Gell v. Hartmarx Corp. · Link v. Wabash Railroad · Christiansburg Garment Co. v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission · Kay v. Ehrler · Thomas v. Capital Security Services, Inc.
Most-quoted passages
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“[b]ecause a party proceeding pro se cannot have incurred attorneys' fees as an expense, a district court cannot order a violating party to pay a pro se litigant a reasonable attorney's fee as part of a sanction. * * * [T]he word `attorney' generally assumes some kind of agency (that is, attorney/client) relationship. The fees a lawyer might charge himself are not, strictly speaking, `attorney's fees.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“by representing his law firm, [the attorney litigant] created an attorney-client relationship, thereby diminishing, if not eviscerating, the primary reasoning for [prohibiting a pro se attorney from recovering fees].”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“any party opposing [a] motion shall serve a brief in opposition ... within fourteen (14) days after service of the motion.... In the absence of a timely response, the motion may be granted as uncontested....”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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