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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FILED
FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
________________________ ELEVENTH CIRCUIT
NOV 7, 2008
No. 07-14769 THOMAS K. KAHN
Non-Argument Calendar CLERK
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D. C. Docket No. 99-07677-CV-DTKH
AMBROSIA COAL AND CONSTRUCTION COMPANY,
a Pennsylvania corporation,
Plaintiff-
Counter-Defendant-
Appellee,
versus
HECTOR CARLOS PAGES MORALES, et al.,
Defendants-Cross-Defendants,
ISLA VERDE BEACH HOTEL & CASINO S.E., et al.,
Defendants,
SMALL CORPORATE SERVICES, et al.,
Defendants-Counter-Claimants-
Cross-Claimants,
GREEN ISLE PARTNERS LTD., S.E.,
GREEN ISLE-GP LTD., S.E.,
ACES GREEN ISLE GP, INC.,
Defendants-
Cross-Defendants-
Appellants.
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Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Southern District of Florida
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(November 7, 2008)
Before TJOFLAT, ANDERSON and HULL, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:
This appeal is from the district court’s orders of October 2, 2006 and
October 1, 2007, which collectively rejected appellants’ applications for
“reasonable costs and attorney’s fees” pursuant to Fla. Stat. § 768.79, “excess
costs, expenses, and attorney’s fees pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1927, and sanctions, in
the form of attorney’s fees and costs, pursuant to the district court’s inherent
power. Appellants contend that the district court misapplied §§ 768.79 and 1927 to
the facts before it and therefore abused its discretion in denying their applications.
We are not persuaded. We conclude that the court properly read the case
law interpreting § 768.79 and rightly concluded that appellants failed to satisfy its
no-liability judgment with prejudice requirement. The court also understood what
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must be shown to obtain sanctions under § 1927 and the court’s inherent power
and committed no abuse of discretion in refusing to impose the sanctions
appellants requested.
AFFIRMED.
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