Legal Opinion
Friedman v. Ganassi
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided August 1, 1988No. Nos. 88-3014, 88-3015PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
STAPLETON, Circuit Judge.
This appeal presents the narrow question whether in suits brought under § 11 of the Securities Act of 1933, 15 U.S.C. § 77k, the taxable costs specified in 28 U.S.C. § 1920 are to be “allowed as of course to the prevailing party” under Fed.R.Civ.P. 54(d) or whether they can be awarded only upon a finding under § 11(e) of the Securities Act that the losing party’s position was wholly without merit. Because we disagree with the district court’s conclusion that Congress intended the § 11(e) stan*208dard to control the recovery of taxable costs by a…
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