SCHWARTZ v. MILLON AIR, INC.

No. 02-10875.

341 F.3d 1220 (2003)

Newton B. SCHWARTZ, Sr., Benton Musslewhite, Sr., Plaintiffs-Appellants, Geovanny Arauz Joza, individually and as Administrator and/or Personal Representative of the Estate of Sicyaenn Gregoria Burgos Mendoza, et al., Plaintiffs, v. MILLON AIR, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

August 12, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Newton B. Schwartz, Sr., Benton Musslewhite, Sr., Houston, TX, pro se.

Lisa M. Berlow-Lehner, J. Thompson Thornton, Thornton, Davis & Murray, Miami, FL, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before EDMONDSON, Chief Judge, DUBINA, Circuit Judge, and HODGES, District Judge.


EDMONDSON, Chief Judge:

Appellants, Newton Schwartz, Sr. and Benton Musslewhite ("Appellants") appeal the district court's order imposing sanctions under 28 U.S.C. § 1927 and Fla. Stat. § 57.105. We reverse the district court's award of sanctions.

BACKGROUND

On 22 October 1996, a cargo plane owned and operated by Millon Air, a Florida corporation, crashed shortly after takeoff from Manta, Ecuador...

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