Severino Abela v. Ernest Gustafson

How courts have described this case

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

• delays forcing plaintiffs to seek relief in district court were not justified
• “The ‘special circumstances’ exception . . . was developed to ensure 14 that the government is not deterred from advancing good faith but novel legal arguments 15 and to protect the court’s discretion to rely on equitable factors in denying a fee award.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).