Johnny Wilder, Susan Chana Lask v. Gl Bus Lines, International Bus Services, Inc., and Transport Workers Union of America, Local 225

We write principally to clarify that, under Federal Rule of Civd Procedure 54(d)(1), costs are to be assessed against the losing party, not counsel for that party.

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We assume familiarity with the facts of this case, which are presented in detail in an opinion of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Harold Baer, Jr., Judge). See Wilder v. GL Bus Lines, No. 99 Civ. 9992, 2000 WL 959751 (S.D.N.Y. July 11, 2000).

In November 1997, defendant GL Bus Lines (“GL”) hired plaintiff Johnny Wilder to work as a bus driver on its New York University routes. At or about the…