Rail-Transport Employees Ass'n v. Union Pacific Motor Freight

*471Opinion

HANING J.

Plaintiffs Rail-Transport Employees Association (RTEA) et al,2 and their out-of-state attorney Richard E. Schwartz appeal a March 3, 1995, order imposing $29,161.06 in discovery sanctions against them in favor of defendants and respondents Union Pacific Motor Freight (UPMF) et al.3 (Code Civ. Proc.,4 §§ 2023 & 2025), and a February 17, 1995, order denying Schwartz’s application for pro hac vice status.5 Appellants contend the imposition of sanctions was unreasonable and an “unconstitutional penalty,” and that denial of the pro hac vice application constituted an abuse of…