TOPALIAN v. EHRMAN

No. 91-2818.

3 F.3d 931 (1993)

Michael K. TOPALIAN, et al., Plaintiffs, Roy Jacobs, Jr., Richard H. Manuel, and Bobby W. McDonald, Plaintiffs-Appellants, and Armando Lopez, Appellant, v. John N. EHRMAN, etc., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied November 9, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Armando Lopez, Houston, TX, for Jacobs, Manuel & McDonald.

Michael A. Maness, Houston, TX, for Armando Lopez, Roy Jacobs, Richard H. Manuel.

Frank Pinedo, James Pinedo, Pinedo, Cezeaux & Sweeney, Houston, TX, for John Ehrman & Ehrman Inv.

Stephen W. Schueler, Charles M. Silverman, Winstead, Sechrest & Minick, Houston, TX, for Rio Bravo Oil Co., Inc. & Bert Gamble.

Kevin F. Risley, Butler & Binion, Houston, TX, for Rockwood Ins. Co.

Before WIENER, BARKSDALE, and DeMOSS, Circuit Judges.


DeMOSS, Circuit Judge:

Appellants Armando Lopez, Roy Jacobs, Jr., Richard H. Manuel, and Bobby W. McDonald appeal the Final Judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, Houston Division, imposing sanctions in the amount of $1,000 each on Jacobs, Manuel, and McDonald (hereinafter together, "Plaintiffs"), and in excess of $300,000 on their attorney, Lopez. We affirm the sanctions against Plaintiffs; and vacate the trial court's sanctions...

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