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Line 1: − 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. − − ==External Links== − *[http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=us&vol=421&invol=240 Case] at FindLaw (registration required) − [[category:United States Supreme Court Cases]]
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