United States Tenth Circuit

An Oklahoma insurance law, 36 Okla. Stat. 3629(B), applies to declaratory judgment actions and mandates that a prevailing party be awarded attorneys' fees.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/09/2001
• Published 01/09/2001

Judges

• SHADUR, District Judge., Before BALDOCK and McWILLIAMS, Circuit Judges, and SHADUR, District Judge.

Court

• United States Tenth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• John N. Hermes and Myrna S. Latham of McAfee & Taft, Oklahoma City, OK, for Plaintiff-Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Gerald P. Green, Frances E. Patton, Haven Tobias, and Pierce C. Hendrickson of Baysinger & Green, Oklahoma City, OK, for Defendant-Appellee Federal Insurance Company;  James M. Peters of Monnet, Hayes, Bullis, Thompson & Edwards, Oklahoma City, OK, for Defendant-Appellee National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.