Legal Opinion
McDonald v. Washington
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided February 15, 1994No. Nos. 92-5188, 92-5189, 92-5209 and 92-5232PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge WILLIAMS.
STEPHEN F. WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge:
The federal government challenges an award under the Equal Access to Justice Act (“EAJA”) for legal services rendered to plaintiffs in civil commitment hearings before the D.C. Superior Court. Finding no causal connection between the incurrence of the fees and the position that the United States took without substantial justification, we reverse the judgment of the district court.
In 1983 a class of patients at St. Elizabeths Hospital filed a habeas corpus action in D.C. Superior Court against the United…
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- Sullivan v. HudsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
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3Cited by12 opinions
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