GYASI v. M/V "ANDRE"

3 Citing cases

  1. Cottingham v. Wal-Mart Stores E., LP.

    20-CV-61991-SMITH/VALLE (S.D. Fla. Jan. 17, 2022)

    (noting that federal courts have the inherent power to sanction parties and lawyers). This includes the “inherent power to sanction a fraud upon the Court, which sanction can include dismissal of a case.” Gyasi v. M/V “ANDRE, ” No. 07-CV-23282, 2008 WL 162644, at *2 (S.D. Fla. Jan. 16, 2008). “Because of their very potency, inherent powers must be exercised with restraint and discretion.”

  2. BPI Sports, LLC v. Thermolife International, LLC

    19-CIV-60505-SMITH/VALLE (S.D. Fla. Feb. 24, 2021)

    This includes the “inherent power to sanction a fraud upon the Court, which sanction can include dismissal of a case.” Gyasi v. M/V “ANDRE, ” No. 07-23282-CIV, 2008 WL 162644, at *2 (S.D. Fla. Jan. 16, 2008). “Invocation of a court's inherent power requires a finding of bad faith.”

  3. Island Stone Int'l Ltd. v. Island Stone India Private Ltd.

    Case No: 6:16-cv-656-Orl-40KRS (M.D. Fla. Apr. 4, 2017)   Cited 6 times

    This includes the "inherent power to sanction a fraud upon the Court, which sanction can include dismissal of a case." Gyasi v. M/V "ANDRE," No. 07-23282-CIV, 2008 WL 162644, at *2 (S.D. Fla. Jan. 16, 2008) (citation omitted). Invocation of the Court's inherent power requires a finding of bad faith.