Kardoh 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.

• “Because 2 there were no criminal proceedings pending, the motion should have been treated as a civil complaint governed by the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.”
• “There is no basis to conclude that the government acted here in bad faith. If there were, that would be a factor to consider in whether the court should exercise jurisdiction over or grant the claimant’s motion.”
• although a 14 criminal case, the doctrine was applied to resolve a civil issue, 15 that a party could not seek approval from the district court to 16 recover fees voluntarily paid in furtherance of an illegal 17 agreement
• although a 14 criminal case, the doctrine was applied to resolve a civil issue, 15 that a party could not seek approval from the district court to 16 recover fees voluntarily paid in furtherance of an illegal 17 agreement

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).