· 6/14/2011
Bosley v. Mineral County Commission
Citations
- 650 F.3d 408
- 79 Fed. R. Serv. 3d 1188
- 2011 U.S. App. LEXIS 11985
- 2011 WL 2320795
How courts have described this case
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- rejecting argument that defendants’ offer of judgment for “full and 17 complete satisfaction of [plaintiff’s] claim against ... Defendants” included attorneys’ fees 18 and costs
- rejecting “full and complete satisfaction” of claims as sufficient unambiguous language to include attorneys’ fees in an offer
- rejecting argument that 9 defendants’ offer of judgment for “full and complete satisfaction of [plaintiff’s] 10 claim against . . . Defendants” included attorneys’ fees and costs
- civil rights case with the offer making no explicit reference to costs and fees
- noting courts cannot consider extrinsic evidence to the offer’s terms
- “If a defendant intends to make a lump sum Rule 68 offer inclusive of awardable costs, Marek makes abundantly clear the means by which to do so: precise drafting of the offer to recite that costs are included in the total sum offered.”
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Judges: Traxler, Chief Judge, and Gregory and Davis, Circuit Judges
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