Legal Opinion
Tollett v. The City of Kemah
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 6, 2002No. 00-20994PublishedCited by 256 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RHESA HAWKINS BARKSDALE, Circuit Judge:
For this second appeal in this action, the principal issue is whether, on remand from the first appeal, the district judge exceeded our mandate directing him to recalculate sanctions. Following her unsuccessful trial on the merits, and prior to that first appeal, plaintiff Sandy G. Tollett had been awarded sanctions (attorney’s fees and all court costs) against not only the defendant, the City of Kemah, Texas, but also two of its employees. The sanctions arose out of a discovery dispute.
Tollett conceded in the first appeal, however, that those sanctions…
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