Penrod Drilling Corp. v. Granite State Insurance
District Court, S.D. Texas
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
KAZEN, District Judge.
Pending are Plaintiff Penrod Drilling Corporation’s (Penrod) Application for Attorney’s Fees and Defendants’ opposition to the motion. Defendants raise two questions: 1) was the award of attorney’s fees proper under 28 U.S.C. § 1447(c); and 2) if proper, did Penrod sufficiently document its fee application?
Award of Attorney’s Fees. In assessing the propriety of the award of attorney’s fees, the Court looks first to the language of the statute:
An order remanding the case may require payment of just costs and any actual expenses, including attorney…
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