Leroy H. Ellis v. The United States

How courts have described this case

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

• affirming a denial of EAJA fees where the Government made a “facially respectable argument” on a novel issue (internal citation and quotation marks omitted)
• government's position was not substantially justified during the liability phase of litigation, but was justified during the damages phase
• government’s position was not substantially justified during the liability phase of litigation, but was justified during the damages phase
• “EAJA’s primary purpose is to eliminate legal expense as a barrier to challenges of unreasonable government action.”
• “EAJA’s primary purpose is to eliminate legal expense as a barrier to challenges of unreasonable government action.”
• “EAJA’s primary purpose is to eliminate legal expense as a barrier to challenges of unreasonable government action.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).