Tesco Corporation v. National Oilwell Varco, L.P., No. 15-1041 (Fed. Cir. Oct. 30, 2015)

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Plaintiff T esco Corporation (“Tesco”) and interested parties-appellants Glenn A. Ballard, Jr. and John F. Luman, III ( collectively “the Attorneys”) filed this appeal from a decision of the United States District Court for the Southern Dis trict of Texas dismissing Tesco’s patent infringement suit with prejudice pursuant to the court’s inherent authority to sanction. Tesco Corp. v. Weather- ford Int’l, Inc. , No. H -08-2531, 2014 WL 4244215 (S.D. Tex. Aug. 25, 2014) (“Sanctions Order”) .