Lower Courts Can't Alter Appellate Cost Awards, Justices Say

By Khorri Atkinson · May 27, 2021, 11:08 AM EDT

Federal district courts lack the discretion to reduce or eliminate appellate costs awarded by appeals courts to a successful appellant, the U.S. Supreme Court said Thursday, affirming a Fifth Circuit ruling...

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Case Information

Case Title

City of San Antonio, Texas, On Behalf of Itself and All Other Similarly Situated Texas Municipalities, Petitioner v. Hotels.com, L.P., et al.

Case Number

20-334

Court

Supreme Court

Nature of Suit

4950 Constitutionality of state statutes

Date Filed

September 14, 2020