Legal Opinion

Sooner Builders & Investments, Inc. v. Nolan Hatcher Construction Services, L.L.C.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma

Decided June 19, 2007No. 103,167PublishedCited by 22 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtTaylor, J.

T1 The question presented in this appeal is whether the district court erred when it ordered Nolan Hatcher Construction Services, L.L.C., defendant/appellant (Hatcher), to pay prevailing party attorney fees and expenses to Sooner Builders & Investments, Inc., plaintiff/appellee (Sooner), after the arbitrator denied all requests for attorney fees and directed each party to pay one-half of the arbitration expenses. We answer in the negative. We affirm the district court.

I. The Proceedings Below

T2 In March of 2004, Sooner filed this contract action against Hatcher in the district court in Tulsa…

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