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Try CasePortal for FreeJ. Cain grants in part summary judgment on dueling post-trial requests for attorney fees by two litigants in a contract dispute; both assert they prevailed in the litigation. The ruling favors a New Jersey-based maritime construction company against a Louisiana subcontractor. The general contractor from New Jersey prevailed on disputes over the interpretation of the contractor and the issue of remaining damages, but not on earlier requests by both litigants for summary judgment. Therefore, the New Jersey construction company is entitled to costs and attorney fees in connection with the judge-only trial, but not the pre-trial petitions. Neither side, however, can be said to have prevailed on the issue of damages, so neither side is entitled to attorney fees related to post-trial requests for summary judgment.