United States v. Certain Land Situated in City of Detroit

OPINION

BOYCE F. MARTIN, JR., Circuit Judge.

After protracted litigation over the United States’s condemnation of its property near the terminus of the Ambassador Bridge, the Detroit International Bridge Company appeals the district court’s denial of its motion for attorneys’ fees and costs under the Equal Access to Justice Act. The district court held that International Bridge Company was not the prevailing party and, therefore, is not entitled to recover fees and costs. We AFFIRM the decision of the district court.

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This controversy began in 1977 and several years ago we remarked that it…