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James Burks, IV v. Yellow Transportation, Inc., 07-4037 (2008)

Court: Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit Number: 07-4037 Visitors: 29
Filed: May 15, 2008
Latest Update: Mar. 02, 2020
Summary: NOT RECOMMENDED FOR FULL-TEXT PUBLICATION File Name: 08a0257n.06 Filed: May 15, 2008 No. 07-4037 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT JAMES H. BURKS, IV Plaintiff-Appellant, On Appeal from the v. United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio YELLOW TRANSPORTATION , INC. Defendant-Appellee. _ Before: KENNEDY and MARTIN, Circuit Judges; HOOD, District Judge.* PER CURIAM. Mr. James H. Burks, IV appeals the district court’s July 2, 2007 decision denying its motion fo
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NOT RECOMMENDED FOR FULL-TEXT PUBLICATION File Name: 08a0257n.06 Filed: May 15, 2008 No. 07-4037 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT JAMES H. BURKS, IV Plaintiff-Appellant, On Appeal from the v. United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio YELLOW TRANSPORTATION , INC. Defendant-Appellee. ______________________________ Before: KENNEDY and MARTIN, Circuit Judges; HOOD, District Judge.* PER CURIAM. Mr. James H. Burks, IV appeals the district court’s July 2, 2007 decision denying its motion for sanctions against Yellow Transportation, Inc. Mr. Burks asserts that the district court abused its discretion by refusing to sanction Yellow Transportation for including a misleading and inaccurate statement of law, and a few misleading statements of fact in its reply brief filed in support of its motion for summary judgment. The district court's opinion carefully analyzed the purported inaccurate and misleading statements in Yellow Transportation’s brief and concluded that, while Yellow Transportation’s counsel should “take better care in the future to avoid [] overstatements,” the complained-of statements were sufficiently supported by evidence and not significantly misleading. We have carefully read the district court’s opinion, the applicable law, and the parties’ briefs, and we find that * The Honorable Joseph M. Hood, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Kentucky, sitting by designation. it was not an abuse of discretion to deny the plaintiff sanctions against the defendant. We therefore AFFIRM the district court's denial of sanctions for the reasons stated in the district court's opinion.
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