Legal Opinion
Skidmore Energy, Inc. v. KPMG
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 27, 2006No. 05-10819PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WIENER, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiffs-Appellants Skidmore Energy, Inc. and Geoscience International, Inc. (collectively, “Appellants”) appeal the district court’s award of sanctions totaling $530,667.32 against them and their trial counsel, Gary Sullivan, under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 11. The district court apportioned the sanctions three-fourths to Sullivan and one-fourth jointly to Appellants. The subject of this appeal is solely the one-fourth apportioned to Appellants; Sullivan is not an appellant herein. We conclude that the district court did not abuse its discretion in awarding…
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