Legal Opinion
John E. Lane, Representative of the Estate of G. Kendrick Strong, Deceased v. United States of America
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided February 8, 1984No. 83-1524PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MALETZ, Senior Judge.
In 1980 Congress enacted the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA), 28 U.S.C. § 2412, in the belief that certain persons “may be deterred from seeking review of ... unreasonable governmental action because of the expense involved .. .,” and in the hope of “reducing] the deterrents and disparity by entitling certain prevailing parties to recover an award of attorney fees ... against the United States .... ” H.R. Rep. No. 1418, 96th Cong., 2d Sess. 5-6 (1980), reprinted in 1980 U.S.Code Cong. & Ad.News 4953, 4984.
To that end section 2412(d)(1)(A) of the EAJA allows attorneys’…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- United States v. United Mine Workers of AmericaSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Consumer Product Safety Commission v. GTE Sylvania, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Enochs v. Williams Packing & Navigation Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1962
- American Tobacco Co. v. PattersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Bob Jones University v. SimonSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
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3Cited by32 opinions
- Sierra Club v. Secretary of the Army, Sierra Club v. Secretary of the Army, Sierra Club v. Secretary of TransportationCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1987
- Greater Detroit Resource Recovery Authority and Combustion Engineering v. The United States Environmental Protection AgencyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1990
- Charles Muthig and Rhoda Muthig v. Brant Point Nantucket, Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1988
- Ronald J. Clark v. James B. Busey, Administrator, Federal Aviation AdministrationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1992
- Advanced Management Technology, Inc. v. Federal Aviation AdministrationCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2000
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