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Library of Congress Vs. Shaw

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Jul 01, 1986

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  1. United States Vs. Goltra US Supreme Court · Feb 03, 1941
  2. Hensley Vs. Eckerhart US Supreme Court · May 16, 1983
  3. Chandler Vs. Roudebush US Supreme Court · Jun 01, 1976
  4. U.S. 310 (1986) U.S. Supreme Court Library of Congress v. Shaw
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  5. U.S. 310 (1986) Library of Congress v. Shaw
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  6. delay in receiving payment for the legal services rendered. Id. at 68a. The District Court, relying on Copeland v. Marshall
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  7. interest on attorney's fees may be recovered. 241 U.S.App.D.C. at 361, 747 F.2d at 1475. See, e.g., Chrapliwy v. Uniroyal
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  8. rates in order to compensate for delay, or use of historical rates that were based on expected delay, see Murray v. Weinberger
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  9. See De Havilland v. Bowerbank
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  10. Calton v. Bragg
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  11. and McGregor On Damages 281 (1961). In turn, the agreement-basis of interest was adopted by American courts. See Reid v. Rensselaer
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  12. United States. As sovereign, the United States, in the absence of its consent, is immune from suit. See United States v. Sherwood
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  13. award of interest was affirmatively and separately contemplated by Congress. See, e.g., United States ex rel. Angarica v. Bayard
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  14. United Page 478 U. S. 316 States v. Verdier
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  15. codifies the traditional legal rule regarding the immunity of the United States from interest. See, e.g., Tillson v. United
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  16. United States v. N.Y
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  17. United States v. Tillamooks
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  18. United States v. Louisiana
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  19. U. S. 253 , 446 U. S. 264 -265 (1980), quoting Smyth v. United
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  20. See United States v. Sioux
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  21. has waived the immunity of the United States, we must construe waivers strictly in favor of the sovereign, see McMahon v. United
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  22. Ruckelshaus v. Sierra
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  23. Club, 463 U. S. 680 , 463 U. S. 685 -686 (1983), quoting Eastern Transportation Co. v. United
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  24. private party, Congress waived the Government's immunity from interest. We do not agree. See Boston Sand & Gravel Co. v. United
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  25. to liability only as a plaintiff for the fees of certain prevailing defendants. See Christiansburg Garment Co. v. EEOC
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  26. to preserve Page 478 U. S. 320 certain immunities that the United States has enjoyed historically. In Laird v. Nelms
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  27. States nonetheless was not liable for the entire range of conduct classified as tortious under state law. Cf. Lehman v. Nakshian
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  28. See Tillson v. United
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  29. pay interest where the Constitution mandates payment under the Just Compensation Clause. See Seaboard Air Line R. Co. v. United
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  30. United States v. Mescalero
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  31. claims grounded on the belated receipt of funds, even when characterized as compensation for delay. See United States v. Sherman
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  32. See Saunders v. Clayton
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  33. Blake v. Califano
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  34. decisions, when they adjust for the time of payment, grant interest or a delay factor, but not both. See, e.g., Brown v. Gillette
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  35. Black Gold, Ltd. v. Rockwool
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  36. Kennelly v. Lemoi
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  37. includes a payment for interest. See, e.g., Smyth v. United
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  38. Albrecht v. United
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  39. off the cloak of sovereignty and assumed the status of a private commercial enterprise. See, e.g., Standard Oil Co. v. United
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  40. Franchise Tax Board of California v. United
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  41. Id. at 16 (emphasis added). See also Chandler v. Roudebush
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  42. award of interest against the United States in the absence of an express waiver of the rule. In both Standard Oil Co. v. United
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  43. States, 267 U. S. 76 (1925) (Holmes, J.), and United States v The
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  44. Johnson v. University
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  45. Louisville Black Police Officers Org., Inc. v. Louisville
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  46. Chrapliwy v. Uniroyal
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  47. Laffey v. Northwest
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  48. Brown v. Gillette
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  49. U.S. Supreme Court Library of Congress v. Shaw
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  50. Copeland v. Marshall
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