CLEARVALUE, INC. v. PEARL RIVER POLYMERS, INC.

Nos. 2007-1487, 2008-1176.

560 F.3d 1291 (2009)

CLEARVALUE, INC. and Richard Alan Haase, Plaintiffs-Appellants, and Gordon Waggett, Sanctioned Party-Appellant, v. PEARL RIVER POLYMERS, INC., Polychemie, Inc., SNF, Inc., Polydyne, Inc., and SNF Holding Company, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

March 24, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Geoffrey P. Culbertson, Patton, Tidwell & Schroeder, L.L.P., of Texarkana, TX, argued for plaintiff-appellants. With him on the brief were Nicholas H. Patton; and Patricia L. Peden, Law Offices of Patricia L. Peden, of Oakland, CA.

Bradley W. Hoover, Nickens Keeton Lawless Farrell & Flack, LLP, of Houston, TX, argued for sanctioned party-appellant. With him on the brief were Jack C. Nickens and Richard P. Keeton.

R. Russell Hollenbeck, Wright Brown & Close, LLP, of Houston, TX, argued for defendants-appellees. With him on the brief were Howard L. Close and Thomas C. Wright. Of counsel on the brief was Andy Tindel, Provost Umphrey Law Firm, LLP, of Taylor, TX.

Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge SCHALL. Opinion concurring-in-part, dissenting-in-part filed by Circuit Judge NEWMAN.


SCHALL, Circuit Judge.

ClearValue, Inc. ("ClearValue"), Richard Alan Haase ("Haase"), and attorney Gordon Waggett ("Waggett") (together, "Appellants") appeal the December 21, 2007 amended final judgment of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, entering judgment against ClearValue and Haase and imposing sanctions on Appellants in connection with ClearValue and Haase's suit against Pearl River Polymers, Inc. ("Pearl River"); Polychemie...

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