MCNEA ET AL.

v.

VOINOVICH ET AL.

Citator

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• Hilton OIL Transp. v. OIL Transp. Co., S.A., 659 So. 2d 1141 (Fla. 3d DCA 1995)
  …he conduct of the litigation.” McQuiston v. Marsh, 707 F. 2d 1082, 1086 (9th Cir.1983), citing Hall v. Cole, 412 U.S. 1, 15, 93 S.Ct. 1943, 1951, 36 L.Ed.2d 702 (1973); Dogherra v. Safeway Stores, Inc., 679 F. 2d 1293, 1298 (9th Cir.), cert. denied, 459 U.S. 990, 103 S.Ct. 346, 74 L.Ed.2d 386 (1982). Another exception to the American Rule is the “private attorney general doctrine.” Under this doctrine, Congress has made specific and explicit provisions for the allowance of attorneys’ fees under selected st…
• Milford Wade Byrd v. State, 481 So. 2d 468 (Fla. 1985)
  …00 (1976); United States v. Botero, 589 F. 2d 430 (9th Cir.1978), cert, denied, 441 U.S. 944, 99 S.Ct. 2162, 60 L.Ed.2d 1045 (1979); People v. Burns, 200 Colo. 387, 615 P. 2d 686 (1980); Finch v. State, 644 P. 2d 1378 (Okla.Crim.App.), cert, denied, 459 U.S. 990, 103 S.Ct. 347, 74 L.Ed.2d 386 (1982). Although we find that appellant’s arrest was proper under the factual circumstances of this case, we note that, even if the arrest was improper, the confession was not so tainted as to be inadmissible. We reac…
• Indianapolis Colts v. Mayor & City Council OF Baltimore, 775 F.2d 177 (7th Cir. 1985)
  …United States, 715 F. 2d 1148, 1154 (§ 1927 and Rule 38). Under § 1927, however, costs and fees may only be assessed to sanction needless delay. Reid, 715 F. 2d at 1154; Maneikis v. Jordan, 678 F. 2d 720, 721 n. 5 (7th Cir.), cert. [*184] denied, 459 U.S. 990, 103 S.Ct. 346, 74 L.Ed.2d 386 (1982). In the case before us, we do not believe that Baltimore has engaged in a strategy of delay, and thus conclude that sanctions under § 1927 are not appropriate. See Reid, 715 F. 2d at 1154. Both § 1912 and Rule…