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Environmental Litigation And Rule 11, Carl W. Tobias Jan 1992

Environmental Litigation And Rule 11, Carl W. Tobias

Law Faculty Publications

The 1983 amendment to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 11 has been the most controversial revision in the half-century history of the Federal Rules. Judges have applied amended Rule 11, which requires them to sanction lawyers and parties who do not conduct reasonable inquiries before filing papers, in over 1000 reported opinions, considerably more unreported determinations, and numerous informal contexts. The Rule has engendered much unnecessary satellite litigation and has been implemente4 inconsistently, while attorneys' fees remain the "sanction of choice" for violations. Rule 11 activity has especially disadvantaged civil rights plaintiffs and lawyers, whose lack of resources can make …


Annual Survey Of Virginia Law: Environmental Law, Theodore R. Kingsley, Carole M. Agee Jan 1992

Annual Survey Of Virginia Law: Environmental Law, Theodore R. Kingsley, Carole M. Agee

University of Richmond Law Review

This article addresses significant developments in Virginia law pertaining to air quality, water quality and solid and hazardous waste which have occurred between the publication of the 1990 survey and May 1, 1992.


University Of Richmond Law Review Jan 1992

University Of Richmond Law Review

University of Richmond Law Review

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