OLCOTT v. DELAWARE FLOOD CO.

Nos. 01-5119, 02-5021.

327 F.3d 1115 (2003)

Bernard OLCOTT, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. DELAWARE FLOOD COMPANY, a limited partnership under the laws of Oklahoma; Layton Oil Company, a Kansas corporation; William Douglas Layton, individually and as general partner of Delaware Flood Company 1976 DH; Delaware Flood Company 1977 EH; Delaware Flood Company 1978 FH; Delaware Flood Company 1979 Ltd; Michael Galesi, Defendants-Appellants, and First National Bank of Oklahoma City, Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

April 24, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Thomas Seymour (C. Robert Burton with him on the briefs), Seymour Law Firm, Tulsa, OK, for Defendants-Appellants.

David Feinsilver, The Feinsilver Law Group, P.C., Millburn, NJ, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Before TACHA, Chief Judge, and BALDOCK and MURPHY, Circuit Judges.


BALDOCK, Circuit Judge.

Defendants appeal the district court's entry of a $1.1 million default judgment. The district court entered default as a discovery sanction after finding Defendants repeatedly, willfully, and in bad faith failed to comply with discovery orders. On appeal, Defendants assert the district court was without jurisdiction to enter a default judgment. Defendants also raise numerous additional challenges to the district court proceedings. We have jurisdiction...

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