United States DC Circuit

Attorneys' fees "qua" damages are recoverable against the U.S. for abuse of process and malicious prosecution if "the law of the place" where the tort occurred so provides, under the Federal Tort Claims Act.

Appellate Information

• Argued 02/10/2003
• Decided 09/02/2003
• Published 09/02/2003

Judges

• Before:  HENDERSON and ROGERS, Circuit Judges, and SILBERMAN, Senior Circuit Judge.

Court

• United States DC Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Terence J. Lynam argued the cause for the appellant.  John M. Dowd and Joseph P. Esposito were on brief.


• For Appellees:
  
• Lisa S. Goldfluss, Assistant United States Attorney, argued the cause for the appellee.  Roscoe C. Howard, Jr., United States Attorney, and R. Craig Lawrence, Assistant United States Attorney, were on brief.