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SHEETS v. YAMAHA MOTORS CORP., U.S.A.

No. 89-3045.

891 F.2d 533 (1990)

Wilbert J. SHEETS, Plaintiff-Appellee Cross-Appellant, v. YAMAHA MOTORS CORPORATION, U.S.A. and Yamaha Motor Co. Ltd. of Iwata, Japan, Defendants-Appellants Cross-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied February 20, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David F. Bienvenu, Donald Ensenat, Hoffman, Sutterfield, Ensenat & Bankston, Maureen B. Jennings, New Orleans, La., for defendants-appellants cross-appellees.

Thomas Earl Patton, Lisa N. Speers, Washington, D.C., Charles H. Lockwood, II, Auto. Importers of Am., Inc., John T. Whatley, Arlington, Va., for amicus-Auto. Importers of Am.

Steven J. Lane, Russ M. Herman, Herman, Herman & Katz, New Orleans, La., for plaintiff-appellee cross-appellant.

Before THORNBERRY, GARWOOD, and DUHE, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied February 20, 1990.

THORNBERRY, Circuit Judge:

Yamaha Motor Corporation, U.S.A. and Yamaha Motor Company, Ltd. of Japan appeal the district court's award of rule 11 sanctions against them for failing to waive service of process under the Hague Service Convention. They also appeal the taxation of costs against them. Plaintiff-appellee Wilbert J. Sheets brings a cross-appeal alleging that the district court erred in refusing...

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