Legal Opinion
United States v. Sherburne
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided May 21, 2001No. Nos. 99-30213, 99-30214 and 99-30218PublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McKEOWN, Circuit Judge:
This appeal arises out of the award of attorney’s fees to certain criminal defendants-and the denial of fees to others-under the Hyde Amendment, which authorizes fees in limited circumstances in criminal cases. In the underlying case that led to the fee award, the United States prosecuted thirteen defendants for alleged abuses in the funding and construction of a housing development on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation in Montana. Among the thirteen defendants there were sixteen counts and over fifty charged offenses, but no convictions.
Following the unsuccessful…
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