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| − | 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." |
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Revision as of 23:15, April 28, 2008
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."