Opinion ID: 1459865
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 12

Heading: Final Judgment as to Costs and Attorneys' Fees

Text: That leaves for consideration the parties' separate cross-appeals of the district court's final judgment as to costs and attorneys' fees. Association argues that the district court erred in finding that the Appellees were prevailing parties entitled to an award of costsa finding of fact that we review for clear error ( Sablan v. Dep't of Fin., 856 F.2d 1317, 1324 (9th Cir.1988)), although reversal is required if the district court applied incorrect legal standards to reach that finding ( Lummi Indian Tribe v. Oltman, 720 F.2d 1124, 1125 (9th Cir.1983)). For their part Appellees contend that although the district court was correct in finding that they were prevailing parties, the court erred (1) by summarily denying Appellees attorneys' fees without giving them an opportunity to set forth their arguments in a post-judgment motion and (2) by failing to announce its findings of fact and conclusions of law to explain its denial of an award of attorneys' fees. [11] In those respects we review such denial for abuse of discretion ( Webb v. Ada County, 195 F.3d 524, 526 (9th Cir. 1999)).