Fletcher v. Blair

JONES, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment imposing civil “death penalty” discovery sanctions. On original submission we vacated the district court’s order of dismissal and remanded the cause to that court for further proceedings in light of TransAmerican Natural Gas Corp. v. Powell, 811 S.W.2d 913 (Tex.1991). See Fletcher v. Blair, 843 S.W.2d 601 (Tex.App.—Austin 1992), rev’d, 849 S.W.2d 344 (Tex.1993). The supreme court held that' we could not vacate a trial court judgment and remand to that court without first rendering a decision on the merits, because the Texas Rules of Appellate…