Sanctions imposed

 In this published opinion today here, 4/3 imposes sanctions 

• A party’s abstract right to oppose a petition, or to preserve arguments for appeal, is not an entitlement to pursue frivolous arguments in the trial court or this court.
• [Appellant] filed an opening brief in this court which repeats the arguments he made below—including his refusal to acknowledge the binding Supreme Court authority that fatally undermines his claim, and his opposition to the sanctions motion is more of the same.
• We find that this appeal lacks any semblance of merit.
• We remand the case to the trial court with directions to conduct a hearing to determine the appropriate amount of sanctions to be awarded.