United States Fifth Circuit

In a disaster assistance claim to the Farm Services Agency, denial of attorneys' fees under the Equal Access to Justice Act is affirmed, as the government's position was reasonable. Plaintiff was not entitled to interest under the Prompt Payment Act. (Revised opinion)

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/22/2003
• Published 01/23/2003

Judges

• EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judge:, Before KING, Chief Judge, and JONES and EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• James C. Crigler, Jr. (argued), McGlinchey Stafford, Monroe, LA, Samuel E. Scott, McGlinchey Stafford, Jackson, MS, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Robert Gilmon Anderson, Jackson, MS, Gaines H. Cleveland, Asst. U.S. Atty. (argued), Biloxi, MS, for Defendant-Appellee.