Legal Opinion
Brickwood Contractors, Inc. v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided May 3, 2002No. 01-5121PublishedCited by 68 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PROST, Circuit Judge.
The principal issue in this case is the applicability of the Supreme Court’s recent decision in Buckhannon Board & Care Home, Inc. v. West Virginia Department of Health & Human Resources, 532 U.S. 598, 121 S.Ct. 1835, 149 L.Ed.2d 855 (2001), to the fee-shifting provisions of the Equal Access to Justice Act (“EAJA”), 28 U.S.C. § 2412. The United States Court of Federal Claims, in a decision dated June 29, 2001, held that Brickwood Contractors Inc.’s (“Brickwood”) recovery of attorney fees under the EAJA is not barred by Buckhannon. Because we disagree with the Court of…
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