Legal Opinion

Rodriguez v. Handy

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided October 17, 1986No. 84-2730PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WILL, Senior District Judge:

The question presented is whether we have jurisdiction over an appeal from a district court order denying attorney’s fees against one defendant and granting attorney’s fees without calculating the amount against two other defendants, where the merits of the case have been settled pending appeal. For the reasons stated below, we dismiss the appeals and remand to the district court.

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This suit was brought by eighteen nonresident aliens who were injured or whose decedents were killed when the pickup truck in which they were riding overturned in Jim Hogg County, Texas…

2Cases cited13 opinions

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3Cited by6 opinions

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