Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Green v. Philadelphia Housing Authority

522 U.S. 816

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1997-10-06
Topic
general

How later courts describe this case

  • remanding the case for a determination of reasonable attorney’s fees even though no independent allowable § 503(b)(3) expense was mentioned
  • employee’s presence at the bail hearing of an alleged organized crime boss was protected
  • Section 503(b)(3)(D) "requires the judge to distinguish between expenses incurred in making a substantial contribution to the case and expenses lacking that causal connection, the latter being noncompensable.”
  • “Use of the word ‘shall’ connotes a mandatory intent”

Citator

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C. A. 3d Cir. Certiorari denied.