KNIGHT v. U.S.

Nos. 91-1454, 91-1488 and 92-1112.

982 F.2d 1573 (1993)

Donald KNIGHT and Foster Pepper & Shefelman, a law partnership, Plaintiffs/Cross-Appellants, v. The UNITED STATES of America, Defendant/Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

January 6, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bennett McConaughy, Foster, Pepper & Shefelman, Bellevue, WA, argued, for plaintiffs/cross-appellants.

Jeffrey A. Clair, Attorney, Civ. Div., Dept. of Justice, DC, argued, for defendant-appellant. With him on the brief, were Stuart M. Gerson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Wevley William Shea, U.S. Atty. and William Kanter, Attorney. Also Mark K. Doyle, Civil Div., Dept. of Justice, DC, for defendant-appellant. Of counsel was Michael Jay Singer.

Before NIES, Chief Judge, ARCHER and CLEVENGER, Circuit Judges.


NIES, Chief Judge.

The United States appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for the District of Alaska (entered June 10, 1991), in Civil Action No. A90-093, awarding Foster Pepper & Shefelman (Foster Pepper) $4,054.42, pursuant to an Alaska attorney's lien statute, for administrative advocacy on behalf of four employees (of which Knight is one) of the Department of the Interior.1 Knight and Foster Pepper (collectively...

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