Legal Opinion
Scarborough v. Principi
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 3, 2004No. 02-1657PublishedCited by 674 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Ginsburg
The Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA or Act) departs from the general rule that each party to a lawsuit pays his or her own legal fees. See Alyeska Pipeline Service Co. v. *405Wilderness Society, 421 U. S. 240, 257 (1975). Relevant here, EAJA authorizes the payment of fees to a prevailing party in an action against the United States; the Government may defeat this entitlement by showing that its position in the underlying litigation “was substantially justified.” 28 U. S. C. § 2412(d)(1)(A). In a further provision, § 2412(d)(1)(B), the Act prescribes the timing and content of applications…
2Cases cited24 opinions
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- Alyeska Pipeline Service Co. v. Wilderness SocietySupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Irwin v. Department of Veterans AffairsSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Commissioner, Immigration & Naturalization Service v. JeanSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
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