28 U.S.C. § 1927
Counsel’s liability for excessive costs
United States · Title 28 — JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE · Status: effective
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- 28 U.S.C. § 1927, Counsel’s liability for excessive costs, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/465405
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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.
Legislative history
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- Antitrust Procedural Improvements Act of 1979House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally