Houtex Ready Mix Concrete & Materials v. Eagle Construction & Environmental Services, L.P.

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• applying res judicata to bar a plaintiff from filing a suit for declaratory judgment on the application of a contract that could have been asserted as a claim or defense in an earlier action about that contract
• upholding trial court's decision to impose sanctions based on its inherent authority where there was evidence of \bad faith in failing to notify opposing counsel that [trial counsel] would be absent from\ scheduled hearing
• upholding imposition of sanctions under inherent power where attorney failed to notify opposing counsel he would be absent from hearing even though attorney knew days in advance he would be unavailable, and, as result, opposing counsel needlessly made 720-mile round trip to attend hearing

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