Equal Access to Justice Act
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equal-access-to-justice-act-250-17190015
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Equal Access to Justice Act
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In the United States of America, the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA) authorizes the payment of attorney's fees to a prevailing party in an action against the United States absent a showing by the government that its position in the underlying litigation "was substantially justified". The Act is codified in scattered sections of the United States Code: 5 U. S. C. ยง 504 provides that an agency that conducts an adversary adjudication against a prevailing party shall pay the fees and expenses of
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2024-01-13T23:54:26Z
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