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64 S. C. L. Rev. 459 (2012-2013)
Fifty Shades of Sanctions: What Hath the Goldsmith's Apprentice Wrought

handle is hein.journals/sclr64 and id is 493 raw text is: FIFTY SHADES OF SANCTIONS: WHAT HATH THE GOLDSMITH'S APPRENTICE WROUGHT? The Honorable David C. Norton,* Justin M. Woodard. & Grace A. Cleveland * I. INTRODUCTION ..................................................459 11. SPOLIATION LAW: THE LAY OF TH-E LAND .............. .............461 A. The Elements ofSpoliation ..................................463 B. Available Remedies Once Spoliation Is Shown ........... ..........466 C. The 4dverse Inference Instruction ................... .......467 D. Traditional 4pplication of the 4dverse Inference Instruction .............469 111. NUCOR CORP. . BELL: IMPOSITION OF A PERMISSIVE INFERENCE INSTRUCTION AFTER A JUDICIAL FINDING OF ESI SPOLIATION..................470 IV. SUBSEQUENT APPLICATION OF THE ADVERSE INFERENCE INSTRUCTION ........................................... ......476 A. Pension Committee and Rimkus. ...........................477 B. Cases Decided in the Fourth Circuit.. .................................479 C. Imposition of an Adverse Inference Instruction in Recent Litigation: Apple Inc. v. Samsung Electronics Co. . ..............481 D. Summary ...............................................485 V. ANALYSIS: CRAFTING THE APPROPRIATE SANCTION ........ ...........487 VI. CONCLUSION ....................................................493 1. INTRODUCTION Courts have a broad arsenal when it comes to issuing sanctions for spoliation of evidence. The options give courts the flexibility to pair wrongdoing with the appropriate response but may also lead to inconsistency and confusion. With amorphous, open-ended instructions from the Second Circuit-such as the United States District Judge for the District of South Carolina, Charleston Division. Judge Norton served on the Federal Advisory Committee on Rules of Evidence from 1996 to 2002 and issued the decision of Nucor Corp. v. Bell, 251 F.R.D. 191 (D.S.C. 2008). discussed in detail in this Article. Law Clerk to the H-onorable David C. Norton. B.A., Sewanee: The University of the South; J.D., Tulane University Law School. Law Clerk to the H'onorable David C. Norton. B.S., Northwestern University; J.D., University of Virginia School of Law. 459

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