· 6/8/1981
Federal Case
Citations
- 651 F.2d 201
- 31 Fed. R. Serv. 2d 1309
- 1981 U.S. App. LEXIS 12508
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- “when the expert’s testimony ‘played a crucial role in the resolution of the issues presented,’ a district court, in its discretion, may award expert fees”
- “[M]ost courts now recognize that restrictions on their subpoena power are no barrier to taxing as costs the travel expenses of a prevailing party's witness who appears from beyond the court's reach.”
- “district court [has] equitable discretion to award expert fees when the expert’s testimony is indispensable to determination of the case .. . [or] when the expert’s testimony ‘played a crucial role in the resolution of the issues presented’ .... ”
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