american-rule
4 cases — ← All topics
| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24-692 | Covenant Construction Services, LLC, et al. v. Five Rivers Carpenters District Council Health and Welfare Fund, et al. | Eighth Circuit | 2024-12-30 | Denied | american-rule attorney-fees claim-assignment contractual-exception miller-act notice-requirement | Does the Miller Act modify the contractual exception to the American Rule governing attorney fees to allow their recovery against a contractor who is … | |
| 22-659 | Padma Rao v. Anita Rao, et al. | Illinois | 2023-01-18 | Denied | american-rule due-process equity equity-doctrine fee-shifting litigation-penalty pleading-requirements retroactive retroactive-application | Whether it was a violation of due process to retroactively impose a new fee-shifting penalty in contravention of the established American Rule | |
| 21-1256 | Robert M. Athey, et al. v. United States | Federal Circuit | 2022-03-16 | Denied | Amici (1) | american-rule attorney-fees common-law costs equal-access-to-justice-act federal-circuit fee-shifting statutory-interpretation | Did a panel of the Federal Circuit err by entirely exempting the United States as a matter of law from liability for such fees and costs pursuant to t… |
| 18-1309 | Booking.com B.V. v. United States Patent and Trademark Office, et al. | Fourth Circuit | 2019-04-16 | GVR | Amici (4)Relisted (3) | administrative-law american-rule attorneys-fees civil-procedure civil-procedure-costs first-amendment government-fees government-litigation patent statutory-interpretation trademark trademark-registration | Does the presumption under the American Rule that 'each litigant pays his own attorneys' fees, win or lose, unless a statute or contract provides othe… |