Moakley v. Smallwood’s Empirical Analysis
1999
Citation profile
1
cited by 1 later decisions
1
states following
February 2002
most recently cited
1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Oisorio v. State · 728 So. 2d 748 - Jordan v. State · Miller v. Colonial Baking Co. of Alabama · 697 So. 2d 164 - Republic Nat. Bank v. Araujo · 470 So. 2d 861 - Israel v. Lee
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“According to the findings of the trial court in post-dissolution proceedings, the former wife [Moakley] subpoenaed the former husband and two of his former attorneys, seeking to compel production of an original note which had been awarded to the former wife in the final judgment. On its face, the motion to compel production conceded that one of the former attorneys, appellee Sheri Smallwood, did not have the note and she so testified. Because of short notice, Ms. Smallwood was unable to be relieved of the obligation to attend the hearing, fifty miles from her office. The trial court granted monetary sanctions against the former wife and her counsel. The court concluded that there was no reasonable explanation for issuance of the subpoena to Ms. Smallwood.”
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