Legal Opinion
Lawrence Keasler and Keasler Body Company, Inc. v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided July 3, 1985No. 84-1904PublishedCited by 86 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge.
Lawrence Keasler and Keasler Body Company were assessed excise taxes on truck hoist units they had assembled. They prevailed in an action for a refund and after the government’s appeal was dismissed, they obtained an award of attorney’s fees under the Equal Access to Justice Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d) (1982). The government challenges the award on the grounds that the fee application filed after dismissal of the appeal was untimely, and that its position was substantially justified, even though the only appellate decision in point, one from another circuit, was…
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