11th Circuit Upholds Penalizing Tribe’s Counsel For Case Against Tribal Officials

Mealey's (March 13, 2017, 2:00 PM EDT) -- ATLANTA — A federal judge correctly sanctioned a Miami attorney for his bad faith pursuit of multimillion dollar embezzlement claims against tribal officials and lawyers but violated the attorney’s due process right in determining the amount of the “sizable” sanctions award, the 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals held March 8 (Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida, et al. v. Billy Cypress, et al., No. 15-11223, 11th Cir., 2017 U.S. App. LEXIS 4058)....