Legal Opinion
State of Texas v. United States of America
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided June 18, 2014No. Civil Action No. 2011-1303PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ROSEMARY M. COLLYER, United States District Judge
This matter presents a case study in how not to respond to a motion for attorney fees and costs. At issue is whether defendant-intervenors, who prevailed in Voting Rights Act litigation before a three judge panel, may recoup attorney fees and costs even though the Supreme Court vacated that opinion in light of the Supreme Court’s subsequent decision in a different lawsuit that declared a section of the Voting Rights Act unconstitutional. A quick search of the Federal Reporter reveals the complexity of this narrow question. Yet, rather…
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