Legal Opinion
Camacho v. Texas Workforce Commission
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 30, 2006No. 05-50711PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BENAVIDES, Circuit Judge:
After successfully challenging rules adopted by the Texas Workforce Commission and successfully defending that judgment before this Court, Appellants sought attorney’s fees. The district court denied their application. The parties are now before us again, but this time the sole issue on appeal is whether the district court erred under Erie R.R. Co. v. Tompkins, 304 U.S. 64, 58 S.Ct. 817, 82 L.Ed. 1188 (1938), by refusing to apply the fee-award provision of the Texas Declaratory Judgment Act. We affirm, finding Appellants’ claim foreclosed by precedent directly on…
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