· 7/3/1985
Lawrence Keasler and Keasler Body Company, Inc. v. United States
Citations
- 766 F.2d 1227
- 56 A.F.T.R.2d (RIA) 5490
- 1985 U.S. App. LEXIS 20211
How courts have described this case
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- stating that “the position of the government” includes “the government’s positions at both the prelitigation and litigation states”
- presenting a concern that private litigants not be compelled to subsidize such challenges
- fact that Secretary lost case before district court does not mean the Secretary’s position was without substantial justification
- \That a case presents an issue of first impression in the forum does not ipso facto make the government's position in the litigation reasonable.\
- “That a case presents an issue of first impression in the forum does not ipso facto make the government’s position in the litigation reasonable.”
- “That a case presents an issue of first impression in the forum does not ipso facto make the government’s position in the litigation reasonable.”
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Judges: Gibson, Bowman
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