Goad v. Barnhart’s Empirical Analysis
398 F.3d 1021 · 2005
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
April 2014
most recently cited
1 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Relationships
Relies on Pierce v. Underwood · Keasler v. United States · Brouwers v. Bowen · Sharon Yarbrough v. Andrew M. Cuomo
Most-quoted passages
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“A position enjoys substantial justification if it has a clearly reasonable basis in law and fact. Accordingly, the [government] can advance a losing position in the district court and still avoid the imposition of a fee award as long as the [government’s] position had a reasonable basis in law and fact. Further, a loss on the merits by the [government] does not give rise to a presumption that [it] lacked substantial justification for [its] position. The [government] does, however, at all times bear the burden to prove substantial justification.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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