Board of Gallery of History, Inc. v. Datecs Corp.

OPINION

The issue before this court is the authority of the district court to award attorney fees and costs, after the appeal from the final judgment in the action was dismissed by this court. We conclude that the district court had no such authority in this case.

In a contract dispute between Datecs Corporation (“Datecs”) and Board of Gallery of History, Inc. (“Gallery”), the district court found in favor of Datecs and awarded it a judgment in the amount of $31,872.84 plus $5,000.00 in attorney fees and $1,365.70 in costs. The district court awarded the attorney fees pursuant to NRS…