Clancy v. Jartech, Inc.

awarding attorneys' fees only for "a frivolous or bad faith suit" | awarding attorneys’ fees only for “a frivolous or bad faith suit” | “Hale, Chase [Nat. Bank v. City of Norwalk, Ohio, 291 U.S. 431, 54 S.Ct. 475, 78 L.Ed. 894], and Montana [v. U.S., 440 U.S. 147, 99 S.Ct. 970, 59 L.Ed.2d 210] all show that ‘strangers’ are non-parties who are not bound to previous litigation by collateral estoppel”