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· 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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