Opinion ID: 2508257
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Heading: Neither Side Shall Recover Costs Or Attorney Fees On Appeal.

Text: Both parties assert that they are the prevailing party and entitled to costs under I.A.R. 40. An award of costs requires a determination of who is the prevailing party. I.A.R. 40. This determination should be left to the discretion of this Court. See I.R.C.P. 54(d)(1)(B). Both parties assert that the appeal was taken frivolously. Idaho Code § 12-121 allows for an award of attorney fees only if an appeal is brought, pursued, or defended frivolously, unreasonably or without foundation. Black v. Ameritel Inns, Inc., 139 Idaho 511, 515, 81 P.3d 416, 420 (2003) (citation omitted). The factual posture of this case is complex and no Idaho case law is clearly on point, given the intertwined role of APP as both prior owner-developer and mortgagee of the property. We conclude that neither appeal was brought frivolously.