United States Tenth Circuit

Attorneys fees award for plaintiff, imposition of sanctions on defense counsel, and confirmation of an arbitration award in an underlying case for breach of a lease agreement between the parties are affirmed where defendant unreasonably and vexatiously extended arbitration hearings and court proceedings.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/08/2005
• Published 12/08/2005

Judges

• TACHA, Chief Circuit Judge., Before TACHA, Chief Circuit Judge, BALDOCK, and O'BRIEN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Tenth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Submitted on the briefs:   Todd Jansen, Cockrell, Quinn & Creighton, Denver, CO;  T. Wade Welch and Ross W. Wooten, T. Wade Welch & Associates, Houston, TX, for Defendant-Appellant., Mark D. Colley and Cameron W. Fogle, Holland & Knight LLP, Washington, DC;  Thomas D. Leland, Hale Friesen LLP, Denver, CO, for Plaintiff-Appellee.