Legal Opinion
Ashland Chemical Inc. v. Barco Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided September 16, 1997No. 96-40431PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KING, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiff-appellant Ashland Chemical, Inc. appeals the district court’s order granting defendant-appellee Mesh Plastics, Ltd. an award of legal fees under Article 6, Section 9 of the Eastern District of Texas’s Civil Justice Expense and Delay Reduction Plan. Because we find that Article 6, Section 9 of that Plan is a fee-shifting provision that was not authorized by Congress, we reverse the district court’s award of legal fees to Mesh.
I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
Ashland Chemical, Inc. (Ashland) sued Mesh Plastics, Ltd. (Mesh), Barco, Inc., and Lakiva Corp. in…
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