Case Name: CBS BROADCASTING, INC., v. ECHOSTAR COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION EchoStar Communications Corporation, EchoStar Satellite Corporation, Satellite Communications Operating Corporation and DirectSat Corporation, Appellants
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2005-04-21
Citations: 125 F. App'x 455
Docket Number: No. 04-2861
Parties: CBS BROADCASTING, INC., v. ECHOSTAR COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION EchoStar Communications Corporation, EchoStar Satellite Corporation, Satellite Communications Operating Corporation and DirectSat Corporation, Appellants.
Judges: Before BARRY, AMBRO, and GREENBERG, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 125
Pages: 455–455

Head Matter:
CBS BROADCASTING, INC., v. ECHOSTAR COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION EchoStar Communications Corporation, EchoStar Satellite Corporation, Satellite Communications Operating Corporation and DirectSat Corporation, Appellants.
No. 04-2861.
United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.
Argued April 7, 2005.
Decided April 21, 2005.
Cynthia A. Ricketts, (Argued), Mark A. Nadeau, Mitchell W. Fleischmann, Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, Phoenix, AZ, and David J. Hickton, John Sieminski, Burns, White & Hickton, Pittsburgh, PA, for Appellants.
Neil K. Roman, (Argued), Covington & Burling, Washington, D.C., and Michael J. Manzo, Nancy E. Rostek, Klett, Rooney, Lieber & Scherling, Pittsburgh, PA, for Appellees.
Before BARRY, AMBRO, and GREENBERG, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
OPINION
BARRY, Circuit Judge.
Echostar Communications Corp. ("Echostar") appeals from an award of discovery sanctions by the District Court. Although we have grave doubts as to the propriety of any such sanctions on the record presented, we need not reach that question because Echostar was denied notice and an opportunity to be heard before sanctions were ordered. See Angelico v. Lehigh Valley Hospital, Inc., 184 F.3d 268, 279 (3d Cir.1999). We will, therefore, vacate the District Court's orders of April 17, 2003, May 27, 2004, and May 28, 2004 and remand this matter to the District Court for further proceedings in the event that appellee continues to press its claim for sanctions.