United States Eleventh Circuit

In case involving relevance and application of a statutory cap on attorneys' fees under Georgia law in a contract dispute, the Court of Appeals certifies the following question to the Georgia Supreme Court: Whether O.C.G.A. 13-1-11 applies to the award of attorneys' fees, where the landlord under a commercial lease agreement filed suit against a tenant seeking the collection of past due rent and a declaration of other contractual rights, and therefore, precludes an award of full attorneys' fees and costs as provided in the lease agreement.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/13/2007
• Published 03/13/2007

Judges

• PER CURIAM:, Before EDMONDSON, Chief Judge, and TJOFLAT and GIBSON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eleventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Burke A. Noble, Bruce A. Taylor, Jr., Drew, Eckl & Farnham, LLP, Atlanta, GA, for Defendant-Appellant., David L. Pardue, Jill R. Johnson, Hartman, Simons, Spielman & Wood, LLP, Atlanta, GA, for Plaintiff-Appellee.