No. 20-1153

Susan Elaine Devine v. Absolute Activist Value Master Fund Limited, et al.

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2021-02-23
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: attorney-fees bad-faith civil-procedure costs-and-fees court-discretion inherent-authority judicial-power legal-costs objective-conduct procedural-standard subjective-bad-faith
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Latest Conference: 2021-04-01
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a court considering a motion for an award of costs and attorney's fees pursuant to the court's inherent authority must require the movant to prove subjective bad faith, or whether an adequate showing of objective conduct under this Court's inherent-authority jurisprudence can be sufficient to merit an award of costs and fees

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED L. Whether a court considering a motion for an award of costs and attorney’s fees pursuant to the court’s inherent authority must require the movant to prove subjective bad faith, or whether an adequate showing of objective conduct under this Court’s inherent-authority jurisprudence can be sufficient to merit an award of costs and fees.

Docket Entries

2021-04-05
Petition DENIED.
2021-03-16
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/1/2021.
2021-03-12
Waiver of right of respondents Absolute Activist Value Master Fund Limited, et al. to respond filed.
2021-02-12
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 25, 2021)

Attorneys

Absolute Activist Value Master Fund Limited, et al.
Dwayne Antonio RobinsonKozyak Tropin & Throckmorton LLP, Respondent
Dwayne Antonio RobinsonKozyak Tropin & Throckmorton LLP, Respondent
Susan Elaine Devine
Ian M. ComiskyFox Rothschild LLP, Petitioner
Ian M. ComiskyFox Rothschild LLP, Petitioner