Legal Opinion
KOVALEV v. CITY OF PHILADELPHIA
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided May 5, 2021No. 2:16-cv-06380Unknown
1Opinion
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA SERGEI KOVALEV : CIVIL ACTION : v. : NO. 16-6380 : PAULA WEISS and YOLANDA : KENNEDY : MEMORANDUM KEARNEY, J. May 5, 2021 Parties prevailing before a jury may recover some of their out of pocket costs from the parties losing at trial. We apply a strong presumption in favor of awarding costs to the prevailing party. We require the party losing at trial to show an award of those costs identified as recoverable by Congress is somehow inequitable. Sergei Kovalev vigorously pursued his pro se claims against Philadelphia…
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- Elizabeth Smith v. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation AuthorityCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1995
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- In Re Aspartame Antitrust LitigationDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 2011
- Allen v. National Railroad Passenger Corp.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2008