Legal Opinion
Truckers United for Safety v. Mead
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided June 3, 2003No. 02-5173PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge KAREN LeCRAFT HENDERSON.
KAREN LeCRAFT HENDERSON, Circuit Judge:
The Inspector General (IG) of the United States Department of Transportation (DOT) seeks reversal of the district court’s March 26, 2002 order awarding Truckers United for Safety and other individually named trucking companies (collectively, TUFS) enhanced attorney’s fees under the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA), 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d). Concluding that “specialized expertise in the safety aspects of the trucking industry” constituted a “special factor” that warranted an award of…
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