U.S. v. 1002.35 ACRES OF LAND

Nos. 90-5019, 90-5020, 90-5021.

942 F.2d 733 (1991)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. 1002.35 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, SITUATE IN WASHINGTON COUNTY, STATE OF OKLAHOMA; Clyde G. Layton, et. al., and all unknown owners; Tog George, Trustee for the benefit of Allied Bank of Texas, Defendants-Appellees. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. 75.00 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, SITUATE IN WASHINGTON COUNTY, STATE OF OKLAHOMA; Fitz-Lowe, Inc., a corporation, et. al., and Unknown Owners; Tog George, Trustee for the benefit of Allied Bank of Texas, Defendants-Appellees. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. 2560.00 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, SITUATE IN WASHINGTON COUNTY, STATE OF OKLAHOMA; Thomas Connelly Wallingford; Earl G. Wallingford, III; George Walter Wallingford; Claire L. Wallingford, et. al., and Unknown Owners; Dr. Earl Laughlin, Jr.,; Clyde G. Layton; R. M. Layton; William Douglas Layton; Layton Oil Company, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

August 16, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard B. Stewart, Asst. Atty. Gen., Washington, D.C. (Tony M. Graham, U.S. Atty., Nancy Nesbitt Blevins, Asst. U.S. Atty., Tulsa, Okl., Jacques B. Glein and Robert L. Klarquist, Asst. Attys. Gen., Washington, D.C., with him on the brief), for plaintiff-appellant.

James E. Poe, Covington & Poe, Tulsa, Okl. (John S. Athens, Bruce W. Freeman, Conner & Winters, Donald M. Bingham, Stephanie L. Theban, Chapel, Riggs, Abney, Neal & Turpen, Tulsa, Okl., with him on the brief), for defendants-appellees.

Before TACHA and BALDOCK, Circuit Judges, and KANE, Senior District Judge.


KANE, Senior District Judge.

This is an appeal from the district court's order granting the landowners' petition for attorney fees and related expenses, including expenses for expert witnesses and consultants, in the total amount of $295,647.37. Jurisdiction is admitted. It is based on 28 U.S.C. § 1291. The question presented for review is whether Subsection (d)(2)(H) of Section 2412 of the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA), 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d)(2)(H), controls...

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