Author: National Association of Attorneys General. Committee on the Office of Attorney General
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ISBN:
Category : Civil rights
Languages : en
Pages : 70
Book Description
Awards Against State Defendants Under the Civil Rights Attorneys' Fees Awards Act
Author: National Association of Attorneys General. Committee on the Office of Attorney General
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Civil rights
Languages : en
Pages : 70
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Civil rights
Languages : en
Pages : 70
Book Description
Awarding of Attorneys' Fees
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties, and the Administration of Justice
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Category : Lawyers
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Lawyers
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
Civil Rights Attorney's Fees Awards Act of 1976 (Public Law 94-559, S. 2278)
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Constitutional Rights
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Category : Costs (Law)
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Costs (Law)
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
Paying Your Own Way
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Property Rights
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Category : Costs (Law)
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Costs (Law)
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
The Awarding of Attorney's Fees in Federal Courts
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties, and the Administration of Justice
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Category : Costs (Law)
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Costs (Law)
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
Award of attorneys' fees against the federal government
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties, and the Administration of Justice
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1106
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1106
Book Description
Awards of Attorneys Fees by Federal Courts, Federal Agencies and Selected Foreign Countries
Author: Mary V. Capisio
Publisher: Nova Publishers
ISBN: 9781590332467
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
Awards of Attorneys Fees by Federal Courts, Federal Agencies & Selected Foreign Countries
Publisher: Nova Publishers
ISBN: 9781590332467
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
Awards of Attorneys Fees by Federal Courts, Federal Agencies & Selected Foreign Countries
Attorneys' Fee Awards Against State Officials in Environmental Litigation
Author: National Association of Attorneys General. Committee on the Office of Attorney General
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Category : Environmental law
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Environmental law
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
The awarding of attorneys' fees in Federal courts
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties, and the Administration of Justice
Publisher:
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Category : Costs (Law)
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Costs (Law)
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
Awards of Attorneys' Fees by Federal Courts and Federal Agencies
Author: Henry Cohen
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781604569889
Category : Costs (Law)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
In the United States, the general rule, which derives from common law, is that each side in a legal proceeding pays for its own attorney. There are many exceptions, however, in which federal courts, and occasionally federal agencies, may order the losing party to pay the attorneys' fees of the prevailing party. The major common law exception authorises federal courts (not agencies) to order a losing party that acts in bad faith to pay the prevailing party's fees. There are also roughly two hundred statutory exceptions, which were generally enacted to encourage private litigation to implement public policy. Awards of attorneys' fees are often designed to help to equalise contests between private individual plaintiffs and corporate or governmental defendants. Thus, attorneys' fees provisions are most often found in civil rights, environmental protection, and consumer protection statutes. In addition, the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA) makes the United States liable for attorneys' fees of up to $125 per hour in many court cases and administrative proceedings that it loses (and some that it wins) and fails to prove that its position was substantially justified. EAJA does not apply in tax cases, but a similar statute, 26 U.S.C. ยง 7430, does. Most Supreme Court decisions involving attorneys' fees have interpreted civil rights statutes, and this book focuses on these statutes. It also discusses awards of costs other than attorneys' fees in federal courts, how courts compute the amount of attorneys' fees to be awarded, statutory limitations on attorneys' fees, and other subjects. In addition, it sets forth the language of all federal attorneys' fees provisions, and includes a bibliography of congressional committee reports and hearings concerning attorneys' fees. In 1997, Congress enacted a statute allowing awards of attorneys' fees to some prevailing criminal defendants.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781604569889
Category : Costs (Law)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
In the United States, the general rule, which derives from common law, is that each side in a legal proceeding pays for its own attorney. There are many exceptions, however, in which federal courts, and occasionally federal agencies, may order the losing party to pay the attorneys' fees of the prevailing party. The major common law exception authorises federal courts (not agencies) to order a losing party that acts in bad faith to pay the prevailing party's fees. There are also roughly two hundred statutory exceptions, which were generally enacted to encourage private litigation to implement public policy. Awards of attorneys' fees are often designed to help to equalise contests between private individual plaintiffs and corporate or governmental defendants. Thus, attorneys' fees provisions are most often found in civil rights, environmental protection, and consumer protection statutes. In addition, the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA) makes the United States liable for attorneys' fees of up to $125 per hour in many court cases and administrative proceedings that it loses (and some that it wins) and fails to prove that its position was substantially justified. EAJA does not apply in tax cases, but a similar statute, 26 U.S.C. ยง 7430, does. Most Supreme Court decisions involving attorneys' fees have interpreted civil rights statutes, and this book focuses on these statutes. It also discusses awards of costs other than attorneys' fees in federal courts, how courts compute the amount of attorneys' fees to be awarded, statutory limitations on attorneys' fees, and other subjects. In addition, it sets forth the language of all federal attorneys' fees provisions, and includes a bibliography of congressional committee reports and hearings concerning attorneys' fees. In 1997, Congress enacted a statute allowing awards of attorneys' fees to some prevailing criminal defendants.