Legal Opinion
American Airlines, Inc. v. Sabre, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided September 5, 2012No. 11-10759PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HIGGINSON, Circuit Judge:
Defendants-Appellants Sabre Inc., Sabre Holdings Corporation, and Sabre Travel International Limited (collectively, “Sabre”) appeal the district court’s award of attorney’s fees to Plaintiff-Appellee American Airlines, Inc. (“American”) pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1447(c). 1 We AFFIRM the district court’s ruling, finding that the district court did not abuse its discretion in awarding attorney’s fees to American based on its assessment that Defendants-Appellants Sabre did not have objectively reasonable grounds to believe removal of the case from state court to federal…
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