Cire v. Cummings

Supreme Court of Texas · Decided 2004-04-23

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Justice SCHNEIDER delivered the opinion of the Court. The issue in this case is when, if ever, a trial court may strike a plaintiffs pleadings as a sanction without first testing the effectiveness of lesser sanctions. We conclude that in this case, the trial court did not abuse its discretion by striking the plaintiffs pleadings and imposing death penalty sa…

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