United States Fifth Circuit

District court abused its discretion by imposing sanction of excluding the government's witnesses from trial for discovery violations that the court itself found not to have been made in bad faith.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/29/2000
• Published 12/29/2000

Judges

• DeMOSS, Circuit Judge:, Before HIGGINBOTHAM and DeMOSS, Circuit Judges, and FISH, District Judge.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Susan B. Cowger (argued), Dallas, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellant., Francisco Hernandez, Jr., Fort Worth, TX, for Garrett., Thomas W. Mills, Jr. (argued), Mills, Presby & Associates, Dallas, TX, for Larry Don Keith., James V. Wedding, Wedding & Hughey, Marshall, TX, for Rydeen., Danny D. Burns, Fort Worth, TX, for Sullivan., Laurance L. Priddy, Aledo, TX, for Woodard., Victor Amador, Dallas, TX, for Finklea., Branden Wheeler Sparks, Dallas, TX, for Austeen Harris Keith., Timothy William Crooks, Fort Worth, TX, for Dale Zane Keith., Kyle Mark Claunch, The Claunch Law Firm, Fort Worth, TX, for Wilcox.