Legal Opinion
Vaughn v. Principi
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided July 24, 2003No. Nos. 02-7019, 02-7169PublishedCited by 62 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RADER, Circuit Judge.
Syble Vaughn and W.T. Sumner (collectively, appellants) separately appeal the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans’ Claims (Veterans’ Court) denial of their applications for award of attorney fees and expenses pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA), 28 U.S.C. § 2412 (2000). The Veterans’ Court denied their applications on the ground that neither was a “prevailing party.” Vaughn v. Principi, 15 Vet.App. 277 (2001); Sumner v. Principi, 15 Vet.App. 256 (2001) (en banc). Because the Supreme Court’s decision in Buckhannon Board & Care Home, Inc. v. West…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Hensley v. EckerhartSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Shalala v. SchaeferSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
- Melkonyan v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Buckhannon Board & Care Home, Inc. v. West Virginia Dept. of Health and Human ResourcesSupreme Court of the United States · 2001
- Farrar v. HobbySupreme Court of the United States · 1992
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3Cited by62 opinions
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