NATCO LTD. PARTNERSHIP v. MORAN TOWING OF FLORIDA

No. 00-13886.

267 F.3d 1190 (2001)

NATCO LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, a limited partnership, Plaintiff-Counter-Defendant-Appellant, v. MORAN TOWING OF FLORIDA, INC., a corporation, Defendant-Cross-Defendant-Counter-Claimant-Cross-Claimant-Appellee, M.D. Moody & Sons, Inc., a corporation, Defendant-Counter-Claimant-Cross-Claimant, Mobro Marine, Inc., a corporation, Defendant-Counter-Claimant-Cross-Claimant-Cross-Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

September 28, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Courtney Wilder Stanton, Jacksonville, FL, for Natco Limited Partnership.

Joseph P. Milton, Milton, Leach & D'Andrea, Jacksonville, FL, for Moran Towing of Florida, Inc.

Before BIRCH, WILSON and FARRIS, Circuit Judges.


BIRCH, Circuit Judge:

This case requires us to determine whether the language of a contract between Natco Limited Partnership ("Natco") and Moran Towing of Florida, Inc. ("Moran") permits Moran to recover attorneys' fees incurred in a declaratory judgment action brought by Natco against Moran. We find that it does, and accordingly we AFFIRM the district judge's award of attorneys' fees to Moran.

I. BACKGROUND

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