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Rule Revision Roundelay, Carl W. Tobias
Rule Revision Roundelay, Carl W. Tobias
Law Faculty Publications
A critique of the proposed revision of F.R.C.P. Rule 11.
Civil Rights Conundrum, Carl W. Tobias
Civil Rights Conundrum, Carl W. Tobias
Law Faculty Publications
As a case study of the impediments imposed by the revised F.R.C.P. Rule 11 in civil rights litigation, Professor Tobias relates the story of the Robeson County, N.C. prosecution of Eddie Hatcher and Timothy Jacobs, their subsequent civil rights action, and the ensuing Rule 11 sanctions imposed upon their counsel, as reported in In re Kunstler, 914 F.2d 505 (4th Cir. 1990).