L.G. LEFLER, INC. v. UNITED STATES

Appeal No. 86-800.

801 F.2d 387 (1986)

L.G. LEFLER, INC., d/b/a Defco Construction Company, Appellee, v. The UNITED STATES, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

September 16, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard K. Willard, Asst. Atty. Gen., David M. Cohen, Director, M. Susan Burnett and Stuart James, Commercial Litigation Branch, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., submitted for appellant.

Jon M. Wickwire, Wickwire, Gavin & Gibbs, P.C., Vienna, Va., submitted for appellee. With him on the brief was Anthony N. Palladino.

Before MARKEY, Chief Judge, DAVIS and BISSELL, Circuit Judges.


DAVIS, Circuit Judge.

L.G. Lefler, Inc., doing business as Defco Construction Company (Defco), prevailed in the Claims Court on its contract suit. 6 Cl.Ct. 514 (1984). The Government took no appeal from that decision. Defco then sought attorney fees and expenses under the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA), 28 U.S.C. § 2412. In an unpublished order, the Claims Court (Seto, J.) granted fees and expenses. No. 681-83C (Oct. 30, 1985). The Government appeals, but...

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