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William Moorhead: “Senior U.S. District Judge Milton Shadur of the northern district of Illinois said he generally would welcome the…”

On the recordMarch 7, 1995
Senior U.S. District Judge Milton Shadur of the northern district of Illinois said he generally would welcome the restoration of the old rule. "The most recent changes watered it down," he says, "by offering an out for lawyers who get caught when filing frivolous pleadings." "At this point rule 11 is pretty much dead," he said. That dealt with what was done with these amendments that you are talking about. We are putting it back in as rule 11 was for 10 solid years, and virtually all of the judges across the country believed it helped them and it brought a better quality of justice to the courts.
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William Moorhead
Democratic · Pennsylvania
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Editor's note · Context

Discussing the restoration of Rule 11 in the context of legal amendments.

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