Legal Opinion

Doe v. United States

United States Court of Federal Claims

Decided November 5, 2002No. 99-932CPublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

REGINALD W. GIBSON, Senior Judge.

INTRODUCTION

The matter before us is an application for attorney fees and expenses pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act (“EAJA”) recorded at 28 U.S.C. § 2412.1 Plaintiff herein alleges that as the prevailing party in the underlying cause of action, an informant’s award claim under 19 U.S.C. § 1619,2 he is *338now entitled to an award of the attending attorney fees and expenses. Defendant opposes any such entitlement on the ground that its litigation position in the underlying matter was substantially justified, thereby precluding plaintiff from any…

2Cases cited10 opinions

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  3. Unification Church v. Immigration & Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1985
  4. Levernier Construction, Inc. v. The United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1991
  5. Citizens Coalition for Block Grant Compliance, Inc. v. City of Euclid, United States Department of Housing and Urban DevelopmentCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1983

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3Cited by9 opinions

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  4. Hyperion, Inc. v. United StatesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 2014
  5. Impresa Construzioni Geom. Domenico Garufi v. United StatesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 2009

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