7 U.S.C. § 2565
Section 2565 · Attorney fees
Amended 1 time on record
Applied in 6 court decisions — leading case Marek v. Chesny (1985)
Most recently applied in NantKwest, Inc. v. Matal (June 2017)
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Court decisions citing this, by year.Markers show enactment, consequential amendments, and circuit splits over this section — watch for a citation surge after a change or a disagreement. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
The court in exceptional cases may award reasonable attorney fees to the prevailing party.