Bank of America v. Loew's International Corporation

DAWSON, District Judge.

These two motions, brought on by the plaintiffs and the defendant, respectively, pursuant to Rule 54(d), to review the action of the Clerk of the Court in taxing costs in the above-entitled action, raise issues as to whether the expense of the Court Reporter’s stenographic transcript of the proceedings is properly taxable as costs, and whether the transportation expenses of witnesses from a foreign country are properly taxable as costs.

The action was one for breach of contract for the distribution and marketing of certain films by the defendant corporation. Originally…