Hudson v. Moore Business Forms, Inc.

898 F.2d 684 52 Fair Empl.Prac.Cas. 479 , 52 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 39,704 , 16 Fed.R.Serv.3d 205 Ida HUDSON, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. MOORE BUSINESS FORMS, INC., Defendant, and Littler, Mendelson, Fastiff & Tichy, a professional corporation; Wesley J. Fastiff; Henry D. Lederman; Maureen E. McClain, Appellants. No. 88-15303. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Nov. 16, 1989. Decided Feb. 27, 1990. Gary P. Scholick, Littler, Mendelson, Fastiff & Tichy, San Francisco, Cal., for appellants. Marilyn Mac Rae, Oakland, Cal., for plaintiff-appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. Before FARRIS, PREGERSON and RYMER, Circuit Judges. ORDER 1 The Memorandum disposition filed December 13, 1989, is ordered amended, the disposition designated as an authored opinion for publication, and the attached Opinion is ordered filed. 2 The petition for rehearing filed December 27, 1989, is DENIED. OPINION FARRIS, Circuit Judge: 3 Littler, Mendelson, Fastiff & Tichy appeals the district court's decision to assess over $6,000 in sanctions against the law firm and individual attorneys for pursuing frivolous claims…