In ''Buckhannon Bd. & Home Care, Inc. v. West Va. Dep't of Health & Human Res.'', 532 U.S. 598, 602 (2001), the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] emphasized that courts generally may not depart from the "American rule" against fee-shifting in lawsuits "absent explicit statutory authority." | In ''Buckhannon Bd. & Home Care, Inc. v. West Va. Dep't of Health & Human Res.'', 532 U.S. 598, 602 (2001), the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] emphasized that courts generally may not depart from the "American rule" against fee-shifting in lawsuits "absent explicit statutory authority." |