Library of Congress v. Shaw

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1986-07-01

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Justice Blackmun delivered the opinion of the Court. The no-interest rule is to the effect that interest cannot be recovered in a suit against the Government in the absence of an express waiver of sovereign immunity from an award of interest. In this case, attorney’s fees as well as interest on those fees were awarded to a plaintiff who prevailed against petitioner Library of Congress in a suit brought under…

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