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· 12/30/2011

United States v. Marshall Pecore

Citations

  • 664 F.3d 1125
  • 81 Fed. R. Serv. 3d 685
  • 2011 WL 6880632
  • 2011 U.S. App. LEXIS 26008

How courts have described this case

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

  • stating that surviving summary judgment is “objective, although not necessarily conclusive, evidence” of a substantially justified position (emphasis added) (citation and footnote omitted)
  • discussing “substantially justified” as used in the Equal Access to Justice Act
  • “‘[A] government agency’s internal policies and procedures (as opposed to duly enacted regulations),’ however, ‘do not have the force of law.’”
  • “ ‘[Tjhere is a [rebuttable] presumption that a government case strong enough to survive both a motion to dismiss and a motion for summary judgment is substantially justified.’” (alteration in original and footnote omitted

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Judges: Bauer, Manion, Kanne

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