28 U.S.C. § 1927 — Counsel’s liability for excessive costs
submitted 78 years ago by ch. 646 to r/title-28-JUDICIARY-AND-JUDICIAL-PROCEDURE · 53 words · no verdicts yet
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Any attorney or other person admitted to conduct cases in any court of the United States* or any Territory thereof who so multiplies the proceedings in any case unreasonably and vexatiously may be required by the court to satisfy personally the excess costs, expenses, and attorneys’ fees reasonably incurred because of such conduct.
Source credit: (June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 957; Pub. L. 96–349, § 3, Sept. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 1156.)
- 1948Enacted · Act of June 25, 1948, ch. 646 · 62 Stat. 957
- 1980Amended · Pub. L. 96-349 · 94 Stat. 1156
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 646 on 1948-06-25.
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