Legal Opinion
Aparacor, Inc. v. United States
United States Court of Claims
Decided February 22, 1978No. 139-73PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDavis, Judge
We have heard this case en banc because it is the first to present the general issue of whether the Civil Rights Attorney’s Fees Awards Act of 1976, Pub. L. No. 94-559, 90 Stat. 2641, applies to tax refund suits in this court. The question is raised by the plaintiffs motion for the award of costs including attorneys’ fees pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1988 (1970), as amended by The Civil Rights Attorney’s Fees Awards Act of 1976, supra.1 The costs were incurred in a withholding tax case before the court in which the issue was whether numerous individuals and groups or organizations of individuals…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Alyeska Pipeline Service Co. v. Wilderness SocietySupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- United States v. MenascheSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
- United States v. Philadelphia National BankSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Key Buick Co. v. CommissionerUnited States Tax Court · 1977
- Fogarty v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
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3Cited by54 opinions
- Kania v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1981
- Madison Galleries, Ltd. v. The United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1989
- U.H.F.C. Company v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1990
- Key Buick Company v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
- Hart v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1978
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