Case Name: Charles T. Guarnier, Respondent, v. American Dredging Co., Defendant. Howard W. Burns, Jr., Nonparty Appellant
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1992-01-16
Citations: 79 N.Y.2d 846
Docket Number: 
Parties: Charles T. Guarnier, Respondent, v American Dredging Co., Defendant. Howard W. Burns, Jr., Nonparty Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 79
Pages: 846–847

Head Matter:
Charles T. Guarnier, Respondent, v American Dredging Co., Defendant. Howard W. Burns, Jr., Nonparty Appellant.
Decided January 16, 1992
APPEARANCE OF COUNSEL
Howard W. Burns, Jr., pro se.

Opinion:
OPINION OF THE COURT
On review of submissions pursuant to section 500.4 of the Rules of the Court of Appeals (22 NYCRR 500.4), order reversed, without costs, and the sanction imposed pursuant to 22 NYCRR 130-1.1 (c) vacated because the reviewable record of the conduct of the appellant attorney during jury selection, which prompted the imposition of the sanction over two months later, is devoid of the required basis for concluding that the conduct, however else it could be characterized, was "frivolous" within the meaning of the sanctions rule.
Concur: Chief Judge Wachtler and Judges Simons, Kaye, Alexander, Titone, Hancock, Jr., and Bellacosa.