(September 17, 2018, 12:19 PM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS— A Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on Sept. 13 upheld a federal judge in Texas’ ruling ordering a regional franchisee owner to pay fees pursuant to a personal guarantee that was signed in relation to an agreement to lease franchise units in the United Kingdom (Jani-King Franchising Inc. v. Jani-King [GB] Ltd., et al., No. 3:13-cv-0413, 5th Cir., 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS)....