Case Details

Year Initiated/Committed

1991

Year Resolved

1992

Court

261st District, Travis County, Texas

Docket Number

91-2791

Lead State

TX

Participating States

TX

Defendant(s)

Gesin, John; Gesin, Susan; Hurwitz, Sanford; Simmons, Everett; Spangler, Samuel; Spellman, Gianfranco; Trlica, Warren Clark(Declaratory Judgment suit Plaintiffs)

Case Description

Defendants filed for declaration Judgment. Texas countersued Defendants for damages, civil penalties, injunction and attorney fees, alleging they conspired to boycott a low-cost veterinarian in Austin, Texas. The matter was referred to binding arbitration. Arbitration panel found against the State and ordered State to pay defendants attorney fees in the total amount of $207,500.