ORTEGA TRUJILLO v. BANCO CENTRAL DEL ECUADOR

No. 02-16469.

379 F.3d 1298 (2004)

Leonidas ORTEGA TRUJILLO, Jaime Ortega Trujillo, Luis Alberto Ortega Trujillo, Plaintiffs-Counter-Defendants-Third-Party-Defendants-Appellants, v. BANCO CENTRAL DEL ECUADOR, an agency of the government of Ecuador, Defendant-Counter-Claimant-Third-Party-Plaintiff-Appellee, Augusto De La Torre, Conover & Company, a Massachusetts corporation, Defendants-Appellees, Banco Continental, S.A., Banco Continental Overseas, N.V., Third-Party-Plaintiffs, Pamamerican Bank, A Florida bank, et al., Third-Party-Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

August 9, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elliot H. Scherker, Elliot B. Kula, Greenberg Traurig, P.A., Miami, FL, for the Trujillos.

Nancy A. Copperthwaite, John F. O'Sullivan, Ackerman, Senterfitt & Eidson, P.A., Laura Besvinick, Hogan & Hartson, LLP, Miami, FL, for Appellees.

Before EDMONDSON, Chief Judge, CARNES, Circuit Judge, and MILLS, District Judge.


PER CURIAM:

This case is about appealability and assessment of attorney's fees and costs as a condition to a plaintiff's voluntarily dismissing a civil action without prejudice. The Plaintiffs (the "Ortegas") dispute Banco Central's entitlement to attorney's fees and costs and dispute the district court's determination on the appropriate amount due Banco Central. Seeing no basis for a direct appeal of the conditions on the voluntary dismissal, we dismiss for lack...

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