TRUCK TREADS INC v. ARMSTRONG RUBBER

Nos. 86-1505, 86-1601.

818 F.2d 427 (1987)

TRUCK TREADS, INC., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. ARMSTRONG RUBBER COMPANY, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied July 6, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ted R. Cackowski, Austin, Tex., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Robert K. Wise, Worsham, Forsythe, Sampels & Wooldridge, Dallas, Tex., for Armstrong.

Lang, Cross, Ladon, Boldrick & Green, Mark J. Cannan, San Antonio, Tex., for Strafco.

Before THORNBERRY, GEE and JONES, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied July 6, 1987.

EDITH H. JONES, Circuit Judge:

The district court dismissed this action pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 37(b)(2)(C) and (D) as a sanction for appellants' contumacious failure to respond adequately to discovery requests and obey a court order in connection therewith. The district court also ordered appellants' counsel to pay $7,000 toward appellees' attorneys fees. We find no abuse of discretion in the court's rulings...

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