7 Systems, Inc.2—the case Petitioners now argue stands for the position that their motion for appellate fees was properly filed in the Arkansas Supreme Court—“is inapposite” because the appellate court in that case “remanded the case solely for enforcement of the trial court’s pre-existing judgment.” Supp. App. 16 (emphasis omitted). Petitioners argued that, because the Arkansas Supreme Court “remanded the case for entry of a new final judgment consistent with” this Court’s mandate, the trial court should consider attorney’s fees in the first instance. Supp. App. 16 (emphasis added). Petitioners’ fee and transfer motions were submitted on December 14, 2017. See Docket Sheet, Ark. S. Ct., No. CV-15-988. Both motions were denied without comment on January 4, 2018. Pet. App. 2a. 4. Proceedings in the Trial Court on Remand. On January 8, 2018, Petitioners filed a supplemental motion in the trial court, seeking fees for an additional 106.75 hours of time Petitioners’ counsel claimed to have expended in the case before the trial court. Pls.’ Supp. Mot. for Att. Fees and Costs Incurred in the Cir. Ct., Pulaski Cty., Ark. Cir. Ct., No. 60CV-15-3153 (Jan. 8, 2018). Petitioners did not request any fees for appellate work “[d]ue to the Arkansas Supreme Court’s ruling . . . denying [Petitioners’] request for appellate attorney fees and motion to transfer the issue of appellate fees” to the trial court. Id. ¶ 5. 2 810 S.W.2d 46 (Ark. Ct. App. 1991), aff ’d, 817 S.W.2d 876 (Ark. 1991).

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