Futurefuel Chemical Co. v. Lonza, Inc.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that, under Arkansas law, “[w]hen breach-of-contract claims are advanced along with other claims, an award of attorney’s fees to the prevailing party is proper only when the action is based primarily in contract”
• noting that the “right of access to judicial records and documents is independent of the disposition of the merits of the case.”
• noting that the “right of access to judicial records and documents is independent of the disposition of the merits of the case.”
• noting that “a district court retains jurisdiction over collateral matters” like attorney’s fees, sanctions, the right to access judicial records, and whether to unseal the record while an appeal is pending
• “the parties did not conduct their business in recognition of a valid contractual arrangement”
• appeal was premature where some claims remained pending

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).