Gortat v. Capala Bros.

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that “because § 216(b) does not explicitly authorize awards reimbursing plaintiffs for expert fees, the district court erred in granting such an award pursuant to this provision.”
• listing statutes that explicitly allow courts to award expert witness fees
• not allowing recovery for expert witness fees where § 1920 did not allow them
• not allowing recovery for expert witness fees where § 1920 did not allow them
• “The Supreme Court has made clear on multiple occasions that, absent explicit statutory authorization, a district court may not award reimbursement for expert fees beyond the allowances authorized by 28 U.S.C. § 1920, as limited by 28 U.S.C. § 1821.”
• noting Circuit Court of Appeals' consensus on the issue

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

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  California Court of Appeal· 2017-03-27· cited 16×
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  S.D. Illinois· 2018-07-31· cited 4×
• Willoughby v. Youth Villages, Inc.
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Cites

9 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Crawford Fitting Co. v. J. T. Gibbons, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1987-06-15· cited 1,473×
• West Virginia University Hospitals, Inc. v. Casey
  Supreme Court· 1991-03-19· cited 884×
• Arlington Central School District Board of Education v. Murphy
  Supreme Court· 2006-06-26· cited 528×
• Louis Vuitton Malletier S.A. v. LY USA, Inc.
  Second Circuit· 2012-03-29· cited 363×
• Sheila Ann Glenn, Patricia F. Johns, and Robbie Nugent v. General Motors Corporation, Saginaw Steering Gear Division
  Eleventh Circuit· 1988-04-15· cited 130×
• Gortat v. Capala Bros.
  E.D. New York· 2009-05-05· cited 44×
• Gray v. Phillips Petroleum Co.
  Tenth Circuit· 1992-07-30· cited 36×
• Gortat v. Capala Bros.
  E.D. New York· 2013-06-12· cited 34×
• Gortat v. Capala Bros., Inc.
  E.D. New York· 2008-11-12· cited 14×