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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Breach of Contract

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS 

WESTERN DIVISION 

HELENA CHEMICAL COMPANY 

v. No. 4:15-cv-324-DPM 

PLAINTIFF 

EMMET TORIAN; and 

EMMET TORIAN FARMS DEFENDANTS 

ORDER 

Motion, Ng 17, granted as modified. Helena is contractually entitled to 

a reasonable attorney's fee under Tennessee law. Ng 15 at 3. Torian doesn't 

contest the rates charged by Helena's lawyers, and they' re reasonable. Torian 

instead argues that the lawyers spent too much time on this case. He 

admitted signing the agreements and using the credit. This was mainly a 

fight about how much was owed- and Torian won a concession on that point. 

Still and all, Torian put Helena to proof rather than consenting to judgment 

for the undisputed amount, and that made Helena incur more lawyer fees. 

Helena also had to address Torian' s usury point. And the fee bills reflect 

reasonable collaboration, not unreasonable duplication. All material things 

considered, $15,439 is a reasonable fee for this particular case. Wright ex rel. 

Wright v. Wright, 337 S.W.3d 166, 176-77, 180-81 (Tenn. 2011). Under 

Rule 54(d) and the governing statute, 28 U.S.C. § 1920, Helena can't recover 

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for the private process servers as costs. Crues v. KFC Corporation, 768 F.2d 230, 

234 (8th Cir. 1985). But it's entitled to recover its $400 filing fee. Torian owes 

Helena $15,839 for reasonable attorney's fees and costs. 

So Ordered. 

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D.P. Marshall Jr. Z? 

United States District Judge 

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