Fox v. Vice

Fox v. Vice

Supreme Court of the United States
Argued March 22, 2011
Decided June 6, 2011
Full case name Fox v. Vice
Docket nos. 10-114
Argument Oral argument
Opinion Announcment Opinion announcement
Holding
Reasonable fees maybe be granted to the defendant in a suit that involves both frivolous and non-frivolous claims, but only for costs resulting from the frivolous claims.
Court membership
Chief Justice
John G. Roberts
Case opinions
Majority Kagen, joined by Roberts, Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas, Ginsburg, Breyer, Alito, Sotomayor

Fox v. Vice, No. 10-114 (2011), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that reasonable fees maybe be granted to the defendant in a suit that involves both frivolous and non-frivolous claims, but only for costs resulting from the frivolous claims.[1]

Notes

  1. ^ ". When a plaintiff’s suit involves both frivolous and non-frivolous claims, a court may grant reasonable fees to the defendant, but only for costs that the defendant would not have incurred but for the frivolous claims." p. 2

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