United States Eighth Circuit

In a dispute involving attorney's fees, district court judgment is affirmed where the district court properly denied the plaintiffs' request for attorneys' fees under the applicable federal fee-shifting statutes, as the parties' settlement agreement did not require the court's approval, incorporation in a court order, or retention of jurisdiction for future oversight and enforcement and thus lacked the necessary judicial imprimatur to confer upon the plaintiffs prevailing party status.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/02/2009
• Published 07/02/2009

Judges

• COLLOTON, Circuit Judge., Before WOLLMAN, BRIGHT, and COLLOTON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Julianne M. Spatz, David W. Rowe and Vanessa J. Gorden, Lincoln, NE, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Michael John Rumbaugh, AAG, Lincoln, NE, for appellees.