United States Fifth Circuit

Federal district courts may choose to tax guardian ad litem fees as court costs against nonprevailing parties, including against the government in a Federal Tort Claims Act case.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/12/2004
• Published 08/12/2004

Judges

• DeMOSS, Circuit Judge:, Before KING, Chief Judge, and JOLLY, HIGGINBOTHAM, DAVIS, JONES, SMITH, WIENER, BARKSDALE, EMILIO M. GARZA, DeMOSS, BENAVIDES, STEWART, DENNIS, CLEMENT, PRADO, and PICKERING, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Paul F. Ferguson, Jr. (argued), James Erick Payne, Gregory F. Cox, Provost Umphrey, Beaumont, TX, for Carlton Gaddis, Latanza Gaddis and Courtlin Gaddis., George Emerson Bean (argued), Chambers, Templeton, Cashiola & Thomas, Beaumont, TX, for Courtlin Gaddis.


• For Appellees:
  
• William George Cole (argued), U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civ. Div.-Appellate Staff, Washington, DC, for Defendant-Appellant.