Centex Corporation v. United States

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that section 2412(b) “allows for fee awards when the government acts in bad faith as defined under the common law.”
• noting that the defendant’s “position as a whole was sufficiently supported by fair argument” even though “weak arguments were [also] raised”
• stating that section 2412(b) “allows for fee awards when the government acts in bad faith as defined under the common law.”
• “Fee-shifting is not permitted for bad faith conduct that precedes the accrual of the claim in question.”
• discussing Section 2412(b) fee awards under the bad-faith exception to the American Rule
• affirming finding of lack of bad faith where arguments were not frivolous

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).