United States Ninth Circuit

Fed. R. Civ. P. 68, which allows a defendant to serve judgment on plaintiff to recover costs, may allow a defendant to obtain attorneys' fees too, but defendant bears the burden of proof when the judgement is uncertain.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/10/2001
• Published 08/10/2001

Judges

• FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judge:, Before:  ALARCON, FERNANDEZ, and TASHIMA, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Anthony J.W. Gewald,Lasher Holzapfel Sperry & Ebberson P.L.L.C., Seattle, Washington, for the appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Robert A. Medved, Law Offices of Robert A. Medved, Bellevue, Washington;  Richard L. Phillips, Mikkelborg Broz Wells & Fryer, Seattle, Washington, for appellees Sea Coast Foods, Inc., Joseph A. Galando and Stanley Carey., Michael E. Geltner, Geltner & Associates, Washington, D.C., for appellees Moe Chermaine and Corrina Spath.