United States Sixth Circuit

In a class action alleging conspiracy to minimize competition among pharmaceutical companies, an order requiring an attorney for a party to pay costs associated with the compensation of a settlement administrator is reversed because Fed. R. Civ. P. 54(d)(1) and 28 U.S.C. section 1920(6) permit costs to be charged against parties, not their counsel.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/22/2007
• Published 02/22/2007

Judges

• Before: CLAY, ROGERS, and SUTTON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Gordon Ball, Ball & Scott, Knoxville, Tennessee, for Appellants.  Jay Himes, Attorney General, State of New York, New York, New York, for Appellees.   ON BRIEF:  Gordon Ball, Ball & Scott, Knoxville, Tennessee, for Appellants.  Jay Himes, Robert L. Hubbard, Attorney General, State of New York, New York, New York, Michelle M. Rick, Office of the Attorney General, Lansing, Michigan, for Appellees.