Team Contractors v. Waypoint NOLA ( 2022 )

Case: 21-30654 Document: 00516345778 Page: 1 Date Filed: 06/06/2022
United States Court of Appeals
for the Fifth Circuit United States Court of Appeals
Fifth Circuit
FILED
No. 21-30654 June 6, 2022
Lyle W. Cayce
Clerk
Team Contractors, L.L.C.,
Plaintiff—Appellant,
versus
Waypoint NOLA, L.L.C.,
Defendant—Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Eastern District of Louisiana
USDC No. 2:16-CV-1131
Before Clement, Graves, and Costa, Circuit Judges.
Per Curiam:*
Team Contractors, L.L.C. appeals the district court’s order that
denies its motion to be declared the prevailing party for the award of
attorneys’ fees and grants Waypoint NOLA, L.L.C.’s motion for the same.
Although the order declares Waypoint as a prevailing party, it does not
quantify an amount of attorneys’ fees. Because an unquantified award of
*
Pursuant to 5th Circuit Rule 47.5, the court has determined that this
opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited
circumstances set forth in 5th Circuit Rule 47.5.4.
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attorneys’ fees is not a final appealable order pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291,
we DISMISS this case for want of jurisdiction. See Thornton v. Gen. Motors
Corp., 136 F.3d 450, 453 (5th Cir. 1998); S. Travel Club, Inc. v. Carnival Air
Lines, Inc., 986 F.2d 125, 131 (5th Cir. 1993).
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