GTE Communications Systems Corp. v. Tanner

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• holding that rule 215’s requirement that sanctions be “just” is equivalent to rule 13’s requirement that they be “appropriate”
• holding that rule 215 = s requirement that sanctions be A just @ is equivalent to rule 13 = s requirement that they be A appropriate @
• stating that the requirement that rule 13 sanctions be “appropriate” is the equivalent of rule 215’s requirement that they be “just”
• giving no deference to unsupported conclusions in the trial court’s order, which stated without explanation that lesser sanctions would have been ineffective
• giving no deference to unsupported conclusions in the trial court’s order, which stated without explanation that lesser sanctions would have been ineffective
• considering rule 13 sanctions and stating that courts generally presume that pleadings and papers are filed in good faith

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