Legal Opinion
Neal & Company, Inc. v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided August 19, 1997No. 97-5027PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RADER, Circuit Judge.
The United States Court of Federal Claims awarded damages to Neal & Company, Inc. (NCI) in its suit against the United States for breach of contract. Neal & Co., Inc. v. United States, 36 Fed. Cl. 600 (1996). NCI appeals the trial court’s decision that each party would bear its own costs and the trial court’s denial of its Motion for Award of Costs. Because the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA) vests discretion in the trial court to award costs and NCI has shown no abuse of that discretion, this court affirms.
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In 1988 NCI entered into a contract with the United States…
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