BOGNEY v. JONES

No. 89-2784 Summary Calendar.

904 F.2d 272 (1990)

Theodis Lee BOGNEY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. A.W. JONES and Ellen M. Tucker, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied August 15, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter J. Pink, Robert T. Wallace, Houston, Tex., for plaintiff-appellant.

Jeannette M. McAllister, Butler & Binion, Houston, Tex., for Jones.

Ben W. Childers, Cordes & Childers, Sugarland, Tex., for Tucker.

Before GEE, DAVIS, and JONES, Circuit Judges.


EDITH H. JONES, Circuit Judge:

The district court awarded $6,000 against appellant and his attorneys jointly and severally to sanction a violation of Fed.R.Civ.P. 11. We must decide whether the district court should have issued findings and conclusions of law supporting the award and, if not, whether it is so large as to constitute an abuse of discretion. We affirm, because both the basis and amount for the award were readily discernible from the trial court record...

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