Legal Opinion
Brenda Bennett v. Department of the Navy
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided February 4, 1983No. Appeal 16-82PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BENNETT, Circuit Judge.
Petitioner appeals from a decision of the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB). See 5 U.S.C. §§ 7701, 7703 (Supp.V 1981), amended by the Federal Courts Improvement Act of 1982, Pub.L. No. 97-164, tit. I, § 144, 96 Stat. 25, 38, 45. The issue on appeal is the proper scope of the attorney fee provision of 5 U.S.C. § 7701(g)(1). In the proceeding below, the MSPB held, in effect, that the concept of attorney fees encompassed the attorney’s hourly rate plus his out-of-pocket expenses for toll telephone charges, photocopying, postage, and local transportation, but did not…
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- United States v. Marrian Kolesar and Andrew Kolesar, Her HusbandCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1963
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