Is a defendant entitled to attorney's fees in a civil action?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Society for Good Will to Retarded Children, Inc. v. Cuomo, 737 F.2d 1253 (2nd Cir. 1984):
Defendants are not entitled to attorney's fees, as plaintiffs' action was not groundless. Hughes v. Rowe, 449 U.S. 5, 14-15, 101 S.Ct. 173, 178-179, 66 L.Ed.2d 163 (1980) (per curiam).
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