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In ''Alyeska Pipeline Serv. Co. v. Wilderness Soc'y'', 421 U.S. 240, 247 (1975), the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] reiterated the "American rule" prohibiting the winner in a lawsuit from recovering legal fees from the loser:  "the prevailing litigant is ordinarily not entitled to collect a reasonable attorneys' fee from the loser."

In '''''Alyeska Pipeline Serv. Co. v. Wilderness Soc'y''''', 421 U.S. 240, 247 (1975), the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] reiterated the "American rule" prohibiting the winner in a lawsuit from recovering legal fees from the loser:  "the prevailing litigant is ordinarily not entitled to collect a reasonable attorneys' fee from the loser."

Justice [[Byron White]] delivered the opinion of the court, joined by Justices [[Warren Burger]], [[Potter Stewart]], [[Harry Blackmun]], and [[William Rehnquist]].  Justices [[William Brennan]] and [[Thurgood Marshall]] filed dissenting opinions.  Justices [[William O. Douglas]] and [[Lewis Powell]] took no part in the case.

Justice [[Byron White]] delivered the opinion of the court, joined by Justices [[Warren Burger]], [[Potter Stewart]], [[Harry Blackmun]], and [[William Rehnquist]].  Justices [[William Brennan]] and [[Thurgood Marshall]] filed dissenting opinions.  Justices [[William O. Douglas]] and [[Lewis Powell]] took no part in the case.