United States First Circuit

In a dispute involving attorney's fees, district court's denial of the request for fees is reversed and remanded where the court's lack of explanation for the denial makes it impossible to assess whether it abused its discretion in failing to make such an award.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/08/2009
• Published 07/08/2009

Judges

• HOWARD, Circuit Judge., Before BOUDIN, TASHIMA, and HOWARD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Robert T. Gill, with whom Jennifer L. Markowski and Peabody & Arnold LLP were on brief, for petitioners.


• For Appellees:
  
• Dennis A. Murphy, with whom Nixon Peabody LLP was on brief, for respondents.