Legal Opinion
Sea Coast Foods, Inc. v. Lu-Mar Lobster & Shrimp, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 10, 2001No. 99-36156PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judge:
Lu-Mar Lobster and Shrimp, Inc., Jeffrey Sedacca and Todd Rincon1 appeal the *1057district court’s refusal to award attorneys’ fees and more than minimal costs after Lu-Mar accepted an offer of judgment from Sea Coast Foods, Inc., and others. See Fed.R.Civ.P. 68. We affirm in part and vacate and remand in part.
BACKGROUND
Sea Coast and Lu-Mar had a joint venture for the sale of shrimp on the wholesale market. Lu-Mar was to sell shrimp, at cost, to Sea Coast which would then market and re-sell the shrimp. The parties agreed to split the profits from the resales equally.…
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