JACKSON MARINE CORP. v. HARVEY BARGE REPAIR, INC.

No. 85-3546 Summary Calendar.

794 F.2d 989 (1986)

JACKSON MARINE CORPORATION, Plaintiff, v. HARVEY BARGE REPAIR, INC., et al., Defendants. Melvin LONDON, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. THOMAS JORDAN, INC., etc., et al., Defendants, Swanson and Kebedeaux and Kebedeaux Marine Surveying, Inc., Defendant-Appellant. Rosalie FOLSE, Individually and as surviving wife of Robert M. Folse, etc., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. THOMAS JORDAN, INC., etc., et al., Defendants, Swanson and Kebedeaux and Kebedeaux Marine Surveying, Inc., Defendant-Appellant. Gillis MOLAISON, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. THOMAS JORDAN, INC., etc., et al., Defendants, Swanson and Kebedeaux and Kebedeaux Marine Surveying, Inc., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

July 18, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Law Offices of Louis R. Koerner, Jr., Louis R. Koerner, Jr., New Orleans, La., for defendant-appellant.

Wiedemann & Fransen, Michael A. Fenasci, New Orleans, La., for London.

Cascio & Waldmann, Lester J. Waldmann, Gretna, La., for Molaison.

Before RUBIN, REAVLEY and HILL, Circuit Judges.


REAVLEY, Circuit Judge:

Defendants Swanson and Kebedeaux Marine Surveying, Inc. ("S & K") and M.E. Kebedeaux appeal the district court's refusal to award them attorney's fees as sanctions under Fed.R.Civ.P. 11 and 28 U.S.C. § 1927 (1982) against plaintiffs Gillis Molaison and Melvin London. Questions are also raised about the effect of the trial court's judgment. We hold that sanctions have been denied and affirm.

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