United States Ninth Circuit

Fees incurred by plaintiff-shipyard operator during its unsuccessful defense of a private party Clean Water Act lawsuit are not allowable costs under Subpart 31.2 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), 48 C.F.R. sections 31.201-31.205.

Appellate Information

• Argued 06/04/2008
• Decided 08/06/2008
• Published 08/06/2008

Judges

• ALDISERT, Circuit Judge:, Before:  ALEX KOZINSKI, Chief Judge, RUGGERO J. ALDISERT  and DOROTHY W. NELSON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Peter B. Jones, Jones & Donovan, Newport Beach, CA, for the petitioner-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Peter B. Keiser, Jeanne E. Davidson, Bryant G. Snee, Domenique Kirchner, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, Department of Justice, for the respondents-appellees.