Legal Opinion
Hong-Yee Chiu v. The United States
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided October 29, 1991No. 90-5044PublishedCited by 186 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NIES, Chief Judge.
This is an appeal by the government from the judgment of the United States Claims Court granting Hong-Yee Chiu attorney fees under the Equal Access to Justice Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2412 (1988) (EAJA), in an amount of $39,001.44. The government contests both the Claims Court’s decision that Chiu is entitled to an award of attorney fees, Chiu v. United States, 17 CLCt. 334 (1989), and the Claims Court’s interpretation of the EAJA with respect to calculating the amount of a cost of living adjustment (COLA) by which the court increased the statutory rate of $75 an hour, Chiu v.…
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