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Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. v. Haeger

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Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. v. Haeger
Decided April 18, 2017
Full case nameGoodyear Tire & Rubber Co. v. Haeger
Docket no.15-1406
Citations581 U.S. ___ (more)
Holding
When a court sanctions bad-faith conduct by ordering a litigant to pay the other side’s legal fees, the award is limited to the fees the innocent party incurred solely because of the bad-faith misconduct.
Court membership
Chief Justice
John Roberts
Associate Justices
Anthony Kennedy · Clarence Thomas
Ruth Bader Ginsburg · Stephen Breyer
Samuel Alito · Sonia Sotomayor
Elena Kagan · Neil Gorsuch
Case opinion
MajorityKagan, joined by unanimous
Gorsuch took no part in the consideration or decision of the case.

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. v. Haeger, 581 U.S. ___ (2017), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the court held that when a court sanctions bad-faith conduct by ordering a litigant to pay the other side’s legal fees, the award is limited to the fees the innocent party incurred solely because of the bad-faith misconduct.[1][2]

References

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  1. ^ Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. v. Haeger, No. 15-1406, 581 U.S. ___ (2017).
  2. ^ "Opinion analysis: But-for causation and inherent-power civil sanctions". SCOTUSblog. 2017-04-18. Retrieved 2024-12-04.
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  • Text of Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. v. Haeger, No. 15-1406, 581 U.S. ___ (2017) is available from: Justia

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