Arcambel v. Wiseman

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• striking inclusion of attorney fees in award of damages because “[t]he general practice of the United States is in opposition to it”
• “Each litigant pays his own attorney’s fees, win or lose, unless a statute or contract provides otherwise.”
• “The general practice of the United States is in opposition to [awarding attorney’s fees]... and ... that practice ... is entitled to the respect of the court, till it is changed, or modified, by statute.”
• “The general practice of the United States [courts] is in opposition to [attorney’s fees awards]; and even if that practice were not strictly correct in principle, it is entitled to the respect of the court.”
• “The general practice of the United States [courts] is in opposition to [attorney’s fees awards]; ■ and even if that practice were not strictly correct in principle, it is entitled to the respect of the court.”
• in which this rule originated

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).