Legal Opinion
Fleming & Associates v. Newby & Tittle
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 2, 2008No. 07-20277PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PRADO, Circuit Judge:
In this case we review an award of attorneys’ fees that, regardless of our decision, will never be paid. Plaintiffs-Appellants brought this appeal, seeking vacatur of the district court’s imposition of compensatory attorneys’ fees in light of the settlement of their suit against Defendants-Appellees. For the following reasons, we AFFIRM the judgment of the district court with respect to its initial sanctions order but VACATE the attorneys’ fees portion of the district court’s judgment.
I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
The underlying litigation in this case is one of…
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