Case Name: UNITED STARS INDUSTRIES, INC., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. PLASTECH ENGINEERED PRODUCTS, INC., Defendant-Appellant. Jones Day, Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2008-05-28
Citations: 529 F.3d 1199
Docket Number: Nos. 07-2919, 07-3052, 07-3106, 07-3107
Parties: UNITED STARS INDUSTRIES, INC., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. PLASTECH ENGINEERED PRODUCTS, INC., Defendant-Appellant. Jones Day, Appellant.
Judges: Before FRANK H. EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge, WILLIAM J. BAUER, Circuit Judge, and TERENCE T. EVANS, Circuit Judge.
Reporter: Federal Reporter 3d Series
Volume: 529
Pages: 1199–1199

Head Matter:
UNITED STARS INDUSTRIES, INC., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. PLASTECH ENGINEERED PRODUCTS, INC., Defendant-Appellant. Jones Day, Appellant.
Nos. 07-2919, 07-3052, 07-3106, 07-3107.
United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.
May 28, 2008.
Matthew B. Burke, Diane R. Sabol, Mayer Brown, Chicago, IL, Nancy B. Johnson, Brennan, Steil & Basting, Janes-ville, WI, for Plaintiffs/Appellees.
Brian J. Murray, Chicago, IL, Victor A. Arana, Thompson & Knight, Austin, TX, for Defendants/Appellants.
Before FRANK H. EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge, WILLIAM J. BAUER, Circuit Judge, and TERENCE T. EVANS, Circuit Judge.

Opinion:
Order
Jones Day has asked for clarification, but the motion is in substance one for rehearing. The district court ordered Jones Day to pay sanctions to plaintiffs, and we affirmed. Jones Day believes that the sanctions should be paid to the clerk of court. Doing that would require a modification of the judgment as well as of our opinion.
Fed.R.Civ.P. 11(c)(4) says that a court may order sanctions to be paid to a litigant, rather than the clerk, "if imposed on motion". Sanctions imposed by the judge under Rule 11(c)(3) usually are not imposed "on motion" and therefore must be paid to the clerk. But in this case there was a motion by the party opponent. Although this court thought that Rule 11(c)(3) was a better ground than 28 U.S.C. § 1927, that does not detract from the fact that a motion was made and granted. So Rule 11(c)(4) does not require payment to the clerk of court, and the petition for rehearing is denied.