CONSUMERS PETROLEUM CO.
v.
CONSUMERS CO.

U.S. | 1950-02-06
Nos. 478 and 479
338 U.S. 948 Supreme Court of the United States (1950) Positive Treatment
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  • …alty for some defection on his part in the course of the litigation.’ ” ADM Corp. v. Speedmaster Packing Corp., 525 F. 2d 662, 665 (3d Cir.1975) (quoting Chicago Sugar Co. v. American Sugar Refining Co., 176 F. 2d 1, 11 (7th Cir.1949), cert. denied, 338 U.S. 948, 70 S.Ct. 486, 94 L.Ed. 584 (1950)). The Chicago Sugar case provides the following examples of a “defection” that would warrant denying costs to a prevailing party: “calling unnecessary witnesses, bringing in unnecessary issues or otherwise encumb…
  • …enalty for some defection ... in the course of the litigation.’ ” Walters v. Roadway Express, Inc., 557 F. 2d 521, 526 (5th Cir.1977) (citation omitted); see Chicago Sugar Co. v. American Sugar Refining Co., 176 F. 2d 1 (7th Cir.1949), cert. denied, 338 U.S. 948, 70 S.Ct. 486, 94 L.Ed. 584 (1950). EEOC is clearly the prevailing party in this lawsuit. EEOC was successful in the district court on two of its three claims: the disparate impact claim based on subjective hiring procedures and the disparate treat…
  • Popeil Bros., Inc. v. Schick Elec., Inc., 516 F.2d 772 (7th Cir. 1975)
    …U.S. 989, 76 S.Ct. 476, 100 L.Ed. 855 (1956) (“reprehensible” conduct by the prevailing party triggered the “fullest extent” of discretion against him); Chicago Sugar Co. v. American Sugar Refining Co., 176 F. 2d 1, 11 (7th Cir. 1949), cert. denied, 338 U.S. 948, 70 S.Ct. 486, 94 L.Ed. 584 (1950); United States v. E. J. Biggs Const. Co., 116 F. 2d 768, 775 (7th Cir. 1940). Inasmuch as both parties rely upon language in Chicago Sugar Co., supra, it is important to quote from it at some length: While there…

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