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· 12/1/2015

United States Ex Rel. Long v. GSDMIdea City, L.L.C.

Citations

  • 807 F.3d 125
  • 2015 U.S. App. LEXIS 20829
  • 2015 WL 7744578

How courts have described this case

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

  • noting that the Fifth Circuit has “never held that the ‘limited resources’ of the losing party provide a basis for denying the prevailing party its costs”
  • holding paper transcripts and video depositions are individually taxable costs under § 1920(2)
  • noting that the Fifth Circuit has “never held that the ‘limited resources’ of the losing party provide a basis for denying the prevailing party its costs” (citing Moore v. CITGO Refin. & Chems. Co., 735 F.3d 309, 320 (5th Cir. 2013))
  • denying costs for “shipping, binding, and tabbing of depositions” as non-taxable under § 1920 because “these types of costs are nowhere enumerated in the statute”
  • declining to award expedition fees when prevailing party could have requested an extension on a motion deadline or where the timing was not particularly crucial
  • finding abuse of discretion where district court awarded costs for expedited transcripts; shipping, tabbing, and binding costs; and PACER fees

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Judges: Reavley, Smith, Haynes

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