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· 11/21/1927

Fairmont Creamery Co. v. Minnesota

Citations

  • 275 U.S. 70
  • 48 S. Ct. 97
  • 72 L. Ed. 168
  • 1927 U.S. LEXIS 255

How courts have described this case

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  • petition for rehearing rather than motion is appropriate means to challenge assessment of costs in final judgment of United States Supreme Court
  • absent waiver, sovereign immunity bars award of costs against state in state court action
  • “Costs in criminal proceedings are a creature of statute, and a court has no power to award them unless some statute has conferred it.” (internal quotation marks omitted) (quoting United States ex rel. Phillips v. Gaines, 25 L.Ed. 733, 1880 WL 18566 (U.S.1880
  • “Costs in criminal proceedings are a creature of statute, and a court has no power to award them unless some statute has conferred it.” (internal quotation marks omitted) (quoting United States ex rel. Phillips v. Gaines, 25 L.Ed. 733, 1880 WL 18566 (U.S.1880))

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Judges: Taft

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