1999 US Code
Title 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
PART V - PROCEDURE
CHAPTER 123 - FEES AND COSTS
Sec. 1927 - Counsel's liability for excessive costs
View Metadata| Publication Title | United States Code, 1994 Edition, Supplement 5, Title 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE PART V - PROCEDURE CHAPTER 123 - FEES AND COSTS Sec. 1927 - Counsel's liability for excessive costs |
| Contains | section 1927 |
| Date | 1999 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 23, 2000 |
| Positive Law | Yes |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 957; Pub. L. 96-349, §3, Sept. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 1156. |
| Statutes at Large References | 62 Stat. 957 94 Stat. 1156 |
| Public Law References | Public Law 96-349 |
§1927. Counsel's liability for excessive costs
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.
(June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 957; Pub. L. 96–349, §3, Sept. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 1156.)
Historical and Revision NotesBased on title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., §829 (R.S. §982).
Word “personally” was inserted upon authority of Motion Picture Patents Co. v. Steiner et al., 1912, 201 F. 63, 119 C.C.A. 401. Reference to “proctor” was omitted as covered by the revised section.
See definition of “court of the United States” in section 451 of this title.
Changes were made in phraseology.
Amendments1980—Pub. L. 96–349 substituted judicial authorization to require attorneys to satisfy excess costs, expenses, and attorneys’ fees reasonably incurred because of multiplication of proceedings for such prior authority to impose liability for increased costs based on multiplication of proceedings.
Federal Rules of Civil ProcedureCosts, see rules 11 and 54, Appendix to this title.
Section Referred to in Other SectionsThis section is referred to in section 2503 of this title; title 19 section 1516a.
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