Awards of Attorneys' Fees by Federal Courts and Federal Agencies.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Administrative agencies.

Lawyers.

Fees, Professional.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (123 pages, digital, PDF file)

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2007.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Examines the "American rule" that prohibits courts and agencies from requiring losing parties to pay the attorney's fees of prevailing parties, and discusses common law and statutory exceptions to the rule, most notably in civil rights cases. Covers the issue of Federal agencies paying the attorney's fees of participants in administrative proceedings, and examines related Supreme Court cases.

Notes:

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Dec. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

CRS Report.

Other Format:

Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Awards of Attorneys' Fees by Federal Courts and Federal Agencies

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