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- Title: Guilbot v. Estate of Vallejo
- Author : State of Wisconsin in Supreme Court
- Release Date : January 30, 2008
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 60 KB
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Appellants Miguel Angel Gonzalez Guilbot, Carlos A. Gonzalez Guilbot, and Maria Rosa del Arena de Gonzalez appeal from the trial courts sanctions order and judgment awarding over $205 million in compensatory damages, punitive damages, and attorneys fees against them to various parties, including appellee the Estate of Miguel Angel Luis Gonzales y Vallejo. They argue that the sanctions order and judgment are void because (1) they were entered after appellants unsuccessfully removed the case to federal court but before the remand was complete, and thus the trial court had no jurisdiction, and (2) the sanctions order and judgment were entered while motions to recuse the relevant judges were pending. We conclude that the trial court had jurisdiction because the remand was complete, but the sanctions order and judgment are nevertheless void because they were entered by judges with pending recusal motions. Therefore, we reverse the sanctions order and judgment and remand for further proceedings.