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Boeing Co. Vs. Van Gemert

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Feb 19, 1980

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  1. Trustees Vs. Greenough US Supreme Court · Jan 01, 1881
  2. Juidice Vs. Vail US Supreme Court · Mar 22, 1977
  3. Boeing Co. v. Van
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  4. Gemert - 444 U.S. 472 (1980) U.S. Supreme Court Boeing Co. v. Van
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  5. Gemert, 444 U.S. 472 (1980) Boeing Co. v. Van
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  6. recovery rejected in Eisen v. Carlisle
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  7. might shift fees to the losing party in violation of the American rule reaffirmed in Alyeska Pipeline Service Co. v. Wilderness
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  8. We granted certiorari, 441 U.S. 942 (1979), and we now affirm. II Since the decisions in Trustees v. Greenough
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  9. U. S. 527 (1882), and Central Railroad & Banking Co. v. Pettus
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  10. other than himself or his client is entitled to a reasonable attorney's fee from the fund as a whole. See Mills v. Electric
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  11. Sprague v. Ticonic
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  12. Hall v. Cole
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  13. U. S. 1 (1973). The common fund doctrine reflects the traditional practice in courts of equity, Trustees v. Greenough
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  14. to the general principle that requires every litigant to bear his own attorney's fees, Alyeska Pipeline Service Co. v. Wilderness
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  15. lawsuit without contributing to its cost are unjustly enriched at the successful litigant's expense. See, e.g., Mills v. Electric
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  16. among those benefited by the suit. See id. at 396 U. S. 394 . In Alyeska Pipeline Service Co. v. Wilderness
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  17. Alyeska Pipeline Service Co. v. Wilderness
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  18. the American rule against taxing the losing party with the victor's attorney's fees. See Alyeska Pipeline Service Co. v. Wilderness
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  19. terminated the litigation between Boeing and the class concerning the extent of Boeing's liability. See Swanson v. American
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  20. Consumer Industries, Inc., 517 F.2d 555, 559-561 (CA7 1975). This is not a case, like Liberty Mutual Ins. Co. v. Wetzel
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  21. U. S. 737 (1976), where a prayer for attorney's fees against an opposing party remains unanswered. See Richerson v. Jones
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  22. recovery. See Tr. of Oral Arg. 20. Here, as in Eisen v. Carlisle
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  23. and damages, but also on whether and in what amount attorney's fees will be assessed. Cf. Liberty Mutual Ins. Co. v. Wetzel
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  24. such as that discussed in the opinion of the Court. Beginning with Trustees v. Greenough
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  25. short, though temporally long, step to the decision of the Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in Swanson v. American
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  26. U.S. at 105 U. S. 531 (emphasis added). Similarly, Cohen v. Beneficial
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  27. in the strict sense, I might forfeit my right to appeal certain aspects of the litigation, cf. Swanson v. American
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  28. Sprague v. Ticonic
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  29. Preston v. United
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  30. Angoff v. Goldfine
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  31. approach over into cases where one party recovers attorney's fees directly from an opposing party. In Hidell v. International
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  32. allowed the defendant to appeal the merits of the dispute prior to the actual determination of those fees. In Lowe v. Pate
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  33. plaintiff's attorney a lien against the union to secure his fee. The Court of Appeals, relying on Swanson, Preston v. United
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  34. States, supra, and Cohen v. Beneficial
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  35. Two other Courts of Appeals have rejected the bifurcated model of appealability in non-common fund cases. In Richerson v. Jones
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  36. that the United States had not appealed from a final order, the Court of Appeals relied upon Liberty Mutual Ins. Co. v. Wetzel
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  37. appeal from a judgment on the merits prior to a determination of the attorney's fees. See Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. v. Giesow
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  38. Union Tank Car Co. v. Isbrandtsen
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  39. agreement). Judge Friendly has attempted to reconcile Giesow with the common fund cases. See Cinerama, Inc. v. Sweet
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  40. Music, S.A., 482 F.2d 66, 70, n. 2 (CA2 1973). See also Union Tank Car Co. v. Isbrandtsen
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  41. Boeing's standing, we are obligated to consider the issue sua sponte, if necessary. See, e g., Juidice v. Vail
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  42. U.S. Supreme Court Boeing Co. v. Van
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  43. Eisen v. Carlisle
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  44. and Central Railroad & Banking Co. v. Pettus
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  45. See Mills v. Electric
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  46. Hall v. Cole
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  47. Mills v. Electric
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  48. In Alyeska Pipeline Service Co. v. Wilderness
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  49. See Alyeska Pipeline Service Co. v. Wilderness
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  50. See Swanson v. American
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