DUCK CREEK PROPERTIES, LLC, A No. 61904
NEVADA LIMITED LIABILITY
COMPANY; CHARLES L. CLAYTON, AN
INDIVIDUAL; DALE M. EGGERS, AN
INDIVIDUAL; LAWRENCE E. LARSON,
AN INDIVIDUAL; AND TERRENCE F.
ONO, AN INDIVIDUAL,
Appellants,
vs.
CITY NATIONAL BANK, A NATIONAL
BANKING ASSOCIATION, IN ITS
CAPACITY AS AN ACQUIRER OF
CERTAIN ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
OF SUN WEST BANK FROM THE
FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE
CORPORATION ACTING AS RECEIVER,
Respondent.
ORDER OF AFFIRMANCE
These are consolidated appeals from a district court summary
judgment in a deficiency and guarantor action and from a post-judgment
order awarding attorney fees and costs. Eighth Judicial District Court,
Clark County; Elizabeth Goff Gonzalez, Judge.
Appellants acknowledge that this court's opinion in
Sandpointe Apartments, LLC v. Eighth Judicial District Court, 129 Nev.
313 P.3d 849 (2013), confirms the propriety of the order appealed in
Docket No. 61328. We decline appellants' invitation to reconsider the
Sandpointe decision, and we therefore affirm the district court's summary
judgment in Docket No. 61328.
Appellants next contend that the district court's award of
attorney fees appealed in Docket No. 61723 was unreasonable.
Specifically, they contend that the award was too high because the district
court awarded fees for (1) the work of two attorneys, (2) tasks that had
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been partially redacted, and (3) tasks that were unnecessary. Having
considered appellants' arguments and the district court's rejection of these
same arguments, we conclude that the district court was within its
discretion in rendering the award that it did. Brunzell v. Golden Gate
Nat'l Bank, 85 Nev. 345, 349-50, 455 P.2d 31, 33-34 (1969). Accordingly,
we affirm the attorney fees award in Docket No. 61723.
It is so ORDERED. 1
/ Ao_dt fresatt
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Hardesty
, J.
Douglas
cc: Hon. Elizabeth Goff Gonzalez, District Judge
Thomas J. Tanksley, Settlement Judge
Schwartzer & McPherson Law Firm
Holland & Hart LLP/Las Vegas
Eighth District Court Clerk
'Appellants do not raise any arguments that specifically relate to
the appealed judgment in Docket No. 61904. Because we affirm the
appealed orders in Docket Nos. 61328 and 61723, we necessarily affirm
the judgment in Docket No. 61904.
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Duck Creek Properties v. City National Bank C/W 61723/61904
Combined Opinion