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NAUTILUS MARINE ENTERPRISES v. EXXON MOBIL

No. S-14736.

332 P.3d 554 (2014)

NAUTILUS MARINE ENTERPRISES, INC., Appellant, v. EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION and Exxon Shipping Company, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

August 22, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles W. Coe , Law Office of Charles W. Coe, Anchorage, for Appellant.

John Clough III , Clough & Associates, P.C., Auke Bay , and Carla J. Christofferson and Dawn Sesito , O'Melveny & Myers LLP, Los Angeles, California, for Appellee Exxon Mobil Corporation.

Douglas J. Serdahely and Barat LaPorte, Patton Boggs LLP, Anchorage, for Appellees Exxon Mobil Corporation and Exxon Shipping Company.

Before: FABE, Chief Justice, STOWERS, MAASSEN, and BOLGER, Justices.

OPINION

MAASSEN, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

The superior court issued a declaratory judgment interpreting a settlement agreement between Nautilus Marine Enterprises (Nautilus) and Exxon,1 then decided that Exxon was the prevailing party. Nautilus appeals the ensuing awards of attorney fees and costs as excessive. It focuses particularly on the out-of-state hourly billing rates that the superior court accepted,...

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