Legal Opinion
Central Pension Fund of the International Union of Operating Engineers & Participating Employers v. Ray Haluch Gravel Co.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 11, 2014No. 11-1944, 11-1970PublishedCited by 62 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
Although parties to civil litigation typically bear the burden of paying their own counsel, see Alyeska Pipeline Serv. Co. v. Wilderness Soc’y, 421 U.S. 240, 247, 95 S.Ct. 1612, 44 L.Ed.2d 141 (1975), statutes and contractual provisions sometimes alter that burden. When fee-shifting is in order, the trial judge, having superintended the litigation, has a superior coign of vantage — -and he is expected to put his “acquired savvy ... to good use” in determining the amount of the award. United States v. Metro. Dist. Comm’n, 847 F.2d 12, 15 (1st Cir.1988).
In this case, the…
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