United States Tenth Circuit
J.R. Simplot Co. v. Chevron Pipeline Co., 07-4074
In an action for failure to indemnify Plaintiff under two sales agreements, summary judgment for Plaintiff is affirmed in part, where the agreements unambiguously required Defendant to pay Plaintiff's attorney's fees, but reversed in part, where the District Court failed to assess the reasonableness of the fee request.
Appellate Information
- Decided 04/23/2009
- Published 04/23/2009
Judges
- SEYMOUR, Circuit Judge., Before BRISCOE, SEYMOUR and LUCERO, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Tenth Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellees:
- Peder K. Batalden of Horvitz & Levy LLP, Encino, CA (David M. Axelrad of Horvitz & Levy LLP, Encino, CA; and E. Scott Savage and Stephen R. Waldron of Berman & Savage, P.C., Salt Lake City, UT, with him on the briefs), for Defendants-Counter-Claimants-Appellants., Peter W. Billings (Douglas B. Cannon, William H. Adams, and Timothy K. Clark, with him on the brief) of Fabian & Clendenin, Salt Lake City, UT, for Plaintiffs-Counter-Defendants-Appellees.