Legal Opinion
Sams v. State Attorneys General
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided February 22, 2007No. 05-2375PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SUTTON, Circuit Judge.
At the end of a case, “costs” are awarded to prevailing parties “as of course” for an assortment of trial-related expenses-such as court fees, court reporter fees and, as pertinent here, “compensation of court appointed experts.” Fed.R.Civ.P. 54(d)(1); 28 U.S.C. § 1920(6). At the end of this case, the district court ordered Gordon Ball, an attorney for one of the parties to this action, to pay costs associated with the compensation of Rust Consulting, Inc., a class-action settlement administrator hired to disburse the $80 million settlement in this case. Because…
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- Dastar Corp. v. Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 2003
- Conner v. Travis CountyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2000
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