Jackie Collins Lerman, Plaintiff-Appellant-Cross-Appellee v. Flynt Distributing Co., Inc., Defendant-Appellee-Cross-Appellant

JON O. NEWMAN, Circuit Judge:

The issue on this appeal is whether all or even a portion of the interest charges incurred in borrowing funds used as collateral to secure an appellate supersedeas bond are taxable as appellate costs. The issue arises on an appeal by Jackie Collins Lerman from a supplemental judgment of the District Court for the Southern District of New York (Thomas P. Griesa, Judge) granting Flynt Distributing Company, Inc. (“FDC”) $64,821 in appellate costs. This sum represents a so-called “interest differential” between the amount FDC paid as interest in borrowing money to…