Legal Opinion
Masonry Masters, Inc. And Rigoberto Perdomo v. Alan C. Nelson and Janet Reno, Attorney General
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided April 25, 1997No. 94-5404PublishedCited by 149 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge TATEL.
Concurring statement filed by Circuit Judge HENDERSON.
TATEL, Circuit Judge:
Authorizing awards of attorney’s fees to parties prevailing in litigation against the federal government, the Equal Access to Justice Act (“EAJA”) allows courts to increase the statute’s $75-per-hour rate to reflect changes in the cost of living since the Act’s 1981 effective date. The question in this case is whether cost-of-living enhanced rates should be calculated separately for each year in which services were provided, or whether a single enhanced rate reflecting…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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- United States v. N. Y. Rayon Importing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1947
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3Cited by149 opinions
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