Legal Opinion

Sims v. Great-West Life Assurance Co.

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided September 12, 1991No. 90-2445PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge:

Pending before the court are motions by the two prevailing appellees in the above styled case seeking an award of costs and attorney’s fees. Appellees George R. Chil-son and Frank Rose, individually and d/b/a various C.R.C. entities (collectively “CRC”), and Edwin W. Chapman and Brady, Chapman, Holland & Associates (collectively “Brady Chapman”), seek an award under Fed.R.App.P. 38 for double costs and reasonable attorney’s fees on the grounds that *370Sims’s original appeal was frivolous. In the alternative, CRC and Brady Chapman seek an award of reasonable…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. George T. Knoblauch and Julia Knoblauch v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1984
  2. Donald R. Stacy v. John D. Williams, Danny E. Cupit, and Laurance R. Mitlin, Intervenors-Appellants v. M. M. RobertsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
  3. Environmental Defense Fund, Inc. v. Environmental Protection AgencyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1982
  4. Carlos A. Mollura v. Curtis G. Miller, Craig S. Miller, and American National Watermattress Corp., a California CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1980
  5. Seyler v. SeylerCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Westwood Plaza North v. Theodor BodnarCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2018
  2. Sims v. The Great-West Life Assurance Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1991
  3. Westwood Plaza North v. Theodor BodnarCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2018

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