United States Eleventh Circuit
DOWNEY v. MORTGAGE GUAR. INS. CORP., 01-15857
Although anticipated attorneys' fees may properly be included within an appellate cost bond issued by a district court pursuant to either Fed. R. App. P. 7 or the court's inherent power, such inclusion was error because the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act's fee-shifting provision does not define "costs" to include attorneys' fees.
Appellate Information
- Decided 12/09/2002
- Published 12/09/2002
Judges
- MARCUS, Circuit Judge:, Before BLACK and MARCUS, Circuit Judges, and UNGARO-BENAGES , District Judge.
Court
- United States Eleventh Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Paul S. Rothstein,Paul S. Rothstein & Associates, N. Albert Bacharach, Jr., Gainesville, FL, for Movants-Appellants.
- For Appellees:
- Michael D. Calhoun, Gulley & Calhoun, Charles A. Bentley, Jr., Bentley & Associates, P.A., Durham, NC, Thomas W. Tucker, Dye, Tucker, Everitt, Long & Brewton, P.A., Augusta, GA, Melinda Lawrence, Patterson, Harkavy & Lawrence, L.L.P., Raleigh, NC, Mark D. Johnson, Gilbert, Harrell, Gilbert, Sumerford & Martin, P.C., Brunswick, GA, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.