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071011P.pdf   12/05/2007  Transcontinental Ins. Com  v.  Rainwater Construction
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  07-1011
                          and No:  07-1394
                          and No:  07-1448
   U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas - Jonesboro   
   [PUBLISHED] [Riley, Author, with Tashima and Smith, Circuit Judges]
   Civil case - contracts. Under Arkansas law, settlement agreements are
   treated as contracts; under the circumstances, the parties' settlement
   agreement unambiguously and sufficiently provided for a release of
   defendant's attorneys' fees claims; because defendant released its claim,
   the district court's award of attorneys' fees is vacated.