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202747P.pdf   08/09/2021  Randy Kinder Excavating  v.  JA Manning Construction Compan
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  20-2747
   U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas - Central   
   [PUBLISHED] [Shepherd, Author, with Gruender and Benton, Circuit Judges] 
   Civil case - Attorneys' fees. For the court's decision on the merits of 
   the parties' contract dispute, see Randy Kinder Excavating, Inc. v. JA 
   Manning Construction Co, 899 F.3d 511 (8th Cir. 2018). The district court 
   did not err in applying conflict-of-law principles to determine that the 
   issue of attorneys' fees was a procedural matter governed by Arkansas law; 
   the parties' subcontract does not bar defendant from recovering attorneys' 
   fees; the attorneys' fees sought were incurred by defendant Manning and 
   not by a third party, and Manning's recovery of attorneys' fees were not 
   prohibited by Ark. Code Ann. Sec. 23-79-208(a)(2).