Legal Opinion
Natco Ltd. Partnership v. Moran Towing of Florida, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided September 28, 2001No. 00-13886PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BIRCH, Circuit Judge:
This case requires us to determine whether the language of a contract between Natco Limited Partnership (“Nat-co”) and Moran Towing of Florida, Inc. (“Moran”) permits Moran to recover attorneys’ fees incurred in a declaratory judgment action brought by Natco against Moran. We find that it does, and accordingly we AFFIRM the district judge’s award of attorneys’ fees to Moran.
I. BACKGROUND. Natco is engaged in the marine construction and dredging business. Natco contracted with M.D. Moody & Sons, Inc. (“Moody”) and Mobro Marine, Inc. (“Mob-ro”) for the lease of a…
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