Wissel v. Rural Media Group, Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS FORT WORTH DIVISION ELLYSE WISSEL, ET AL., Plaintiffs, v. No. 4:24-cv-00999-P RURAL MEDIA GROUP, INC., Defendant. OPINION & ORDER On July 2, 2025, ruling on an uncontested appeal, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit vacated this Court’s sanctions order nominally fining attorney Tyler Somes $150 for failing to adhere to the principles of litigation conduct that have governed attorneys in this district for the nearly forty years since the decision in Dondi Properties Corp. v. Commerce Savings & Loan Assoc.,

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