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Double Costs and Attorney Fees Award Improper in Civil Rights Action

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, in an issue of first impression, held the “double recovery of costs other attorney fees is just as impermissible as double recovery of attorney fees.”  The holding came in a case involving a settlement by a co-defendant and a jury verdict against another defendant. ...

 

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