Legal Opinion
United States v. Hood
Nevada Supreme Court
Decided April 26, 1985No. 15468PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
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2Per curiam
This appeal addresses the issue of whether an award of attorney fees and costs may be awarded against the United States when the suit is brought in a state court. Appellant contends that sovereign immunity, with respect to attorney fees and costs, has not been waived so as to permit such an award. We disagree. For the following reasons we conclude the district court’s award was proper.
Delos W. Hood (Hood) owned certain real property situated in Reno, Nevada. On March 28, 1979, Hood sold the property to Charles R. Silver (Silver) and Linda Province (Province) using an executory land…
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