The following excerpt is from Garcia v. INS, 222 F.3d 1208 (9th Cir. 2000):
It is a longstanding principle that in "our system of representative litigation . . . each party is deemed bound by the acts of his lawyer-agent and is considered to have`notice of all facts, notice of which can be charged upon the attorney.' " Link v. Wabash R.R., 370 U.S. 626, 634 (1962) (quoting Smith v. Ayer, 101 U.S. 320, 326 (1880)).
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