CRUMPLAR v. SUPERIOR CT. EX REL. NEW CASTLE COUNTY

Nos. 643, 2011, 644, 2011.

56 A.3d 1000 (2012)

Thomas C. CRUMPLAR, Esquire, Appellant, v. The SUPERIOR COURT of the State of Delaware in and for NEW CASTLE COUNTY, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided: October 22, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas S. Neuberger and Stephen J. Neuberger , The Neuberger Firm, P.A., Wilmington, Delaware; Edward N. McNally (argued), Morris James LLP, Wilmington, Delaware, for appellant.

Ralph K. Durstein (argued), Edward K. Black and Thomas E. Brown , Department of Justice, Wilmington, Delaware, for appellee.

Before STEELE, Chief Justice, HOLLAND, BERGER, JACOBS and RIDGELY, Justices constituting the Court en Banc.


PER CURIAM:

Attorney Thomas Crumplar appeals a Superior Court judge's sanctions under Superior Court Civil Rule 11. We affirm the Superior Court's holding that an objective standard should govern a determination of whether Rule 11 has been violated. We also extend In re Infotechnology, Inc.1 to bar judges from sanctioning attorneys except where the attorney's conduct prejudicially disrupts...

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