Legal Opinion
Mercury Air Group, Inc. v. Mansour
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 11, 2001No. 99-20787PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARL E. STEWART, Circuit Judge:
Mercury Air Group, Inc. (“Mercury”) appeals from a grant of summary judgment by the district court in favor of John M. Mansour 1 (“Mansour”) because it de termined that there was an absence of evidence to support Mercury’s misrepresentation-based 10(b)(5) claims. Mercury also appeals the district court’s decision to award fed. r. oiv. p. 11 (“Rule 11”) and 28 U.S.C. § 1927 (“§ 1927” or “Section 1927”) sanctions to Mansour because it found that Mercury sued with bad faith and with an improper purpose. Because we find that the district court did not err in…
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