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*This outline is adapted from Chapter 27, Ethical Responsibilities,
Norton Bankruptcy Law & Practice 2d (Thomson-West 2005)
OSC set); 147 B.R. 619 (Bankr. N.D. Ga. 1992)(evidence showed errors to be the result of counsel's lack of bankruptcy expertise; sanctions not imposed); In re Cooper, 153 B.R. 898 (D.Colo. 1993)(sanctions imposed based on written submissions).
518 In re Phillips, 2006 WL 38939 (8th Cir. 2006).
519 In re Gioioso, 979 F.2d 956 (3d Cir. 1992); In re Lane, 991 F.2d 105 (4th Cir. 1993)(factors to be considered in determining sanctions); In re Rainbow Magazine, Inc., 136 B.R. 545 (9th Cir. BAP 1992); Midwest Properties No. Two v. Big Hill Inv. Co., 93 B.R. 357, 364 (N.D. Tex. 1988); In re Omega Trust, 110 B.R. 665 (Bankr. S.D.N.Y. 1990), aff'd in part, remanded in part, 120 B.R. 265 (S.D.N.Y. 1990)(detailed discussion of Rule 9011 types of sanctions and factors that may be considered in determining which sanctions to impose); see White v. General Motors Corp., 908 F.2d 675 (10th Cir. 1990)(nonbankruptcy case explaining requirement that sanctions be minimum necessary to deter future misconduct, that fault be allocated, and that finding all actions to have been tainted is sufficiently specific); but see In re Fitzsimmons, 920 F.2d 1468 (9th Cir. 1990)(egregious circumstances warranted departure from usual
requirement of explicit consideration of relative fault and alternative sanctions).
520 In re Brooks-Hamilton, 329 B.R. 270 (9th Cir. BAP 2005).
521 In re Engel, 246 B.R. 784 (Bankr. M.D. Pa. 2000); In re MPM Enterprises, Inc., 231 B.R. 500
(E.D.N.Y. 1999). 522 In re Lehtinen, 332 B.R. 404 (9th Cir. BAP 2005). 523 In re Oak Grove Village, Ltd., 90 B.R. 246, 249 (Bankr. W.D. Tex. 1988); In re Powers, 135 B.R.
980 (Bankr. C.D. Cal. 1991); In re Kanak, 85 B.R. 43, 46 (Bankr. N.D. Ill. 1988). On the other hand,
ignorance of bankruptcy law and failure to adequately investigate standards for relief is no defense to a Rule 11 violation. In re Chicago Midwest Donut, Inc., 82 B.R. 943, 94546 (Bankr. N.D. Ill. 1988); but see In re Whitney Place Partners, 147 B.R. 619 (Bankr. N.D. Ga. 1992).
524 In re Hall's Motor Transit Co., 889 F.2d 520 (3d Cir. 1989); Matter of McGuirt, 879 F.2d 182 (5th Cir. 1989); Sea Harvest Corp. v. Riviera Land Co., 868 F.2d 1077 (9th Cir. 1989); Dreamlite Holdings Ltd.
v. Kraser, 890 F.2d 1147 (Fed. Cir. 1989); White v. General Motors, 908 F.2d at 680; but see In re Marathon Home Loans, 101 B.R. 216, 222 (Bankr. S.D. Cal. 1989)(each filing not frivolous, but sanction-able as part of persistent pattern of abusive litigation activity).
525 In re Grantham Bros., 922 F.2d 1438 (9th Cir. 1991); In re Brooks-Hamilton, 329 B.R. 270 (9th Cir. BAP 2005). 526 In re Big Rapids Mall Associates, 98 F.3d 926 (6th Cir. 1996). 527 E.g. In re Bird, 353 F.3d 636 (8th Cir. 2003); In re St. Stephen's 350 East 116th St., 313 B.R. 161 (Bankr. S.D.N.Y. 2004) 528 See notes 441-42, supra. 529 18 U.S.C. § 152. 530 28 U.S.C. § 586(a)(3)(F). 531 18 U.S.C. § 3057; In re Stockbridge Funding Corp., 153 B.R. 654 (Bankr. S.D.N.Y. 1993)(trustee, like judge, protected from discovery efforts by bankruptcy crimes investigation privilege). 532 12 C.F.R. § 21.11. 533 Model Rule 8.3; In re Black, 116 B.R. 818 (Bankr. W.D. Okl. 1990); In re Himmel, 533 N.E. 2d 790 (Ill. 1988) (lawyer suspended for one year for failing to report another lawyer's misconduct). 534 In re Fischer, 202 B.R. 341 (E.D.N.Y. 1996).
