West Virginia v. United States

How courts have described this case

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• holding that whether to grant a Rule 59(e) motion seeking prejudgment interest is within district court’s discretion
• explaining that “[t]he award of prejudgment interest for a federal law violation is governed by federal common law”
• explaining that “prejudgment interest traditionally has been considered part of the plaintiffs’ overall compensation” (citation omitted)
• stating that prejudgment interest allows full compensation by awarding parties “the loss of use of money due as damages from the time the claim accrues until judgment is entered”
• affirming remand by the Fourth Circuit for an award of such prejudgment interest as the district court deemed reasonable
• observing that “prejudgment interest is an element of complete compensation”

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