# Baez v. United States Department of Justice

> Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · July 30, 1982 · 684 F.2d 999

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/7849137

## Case

- **Full name:** Joan BAEZ v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
- **Court:** Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
- **Decided:** July 30, 1982
- **Citations:** 684 F.2d 999; 221 U.S. App. D.C. 477; 34 Fed. R. Serv. 2d 746; 8 Media L. Rep. (BNA) 2185; 1982 U.S. App. LEXIS 16977
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by Edwards
- **Judges:** Edwards, Ginsburg, MacKinnon, Mikva, Robb, Robinson, Tamm, Wald, Wilkey, Wright
- **Cited by:** 76 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- emphasizing that in light of the “powerful” presumption in favor of awarding costs to a prevailing party, “trial judges have rarely denied costs to a prevailing party whose conduct has not been vexatious when the losing party has been capable of paying such costs”
- noting that federal courts “have placed on the unsuccessful parties some burden of showing circumstances sufficient to overcome the presumption favoring the prevailing party”

## Opinion text

HARRY T. EDWARDS, Circuit Judge,
dissenting:
I do not disagree with the legal principles enunciated in the first sentence in part III of the court’s per curiam. However, I do not fully subscribe to the rationale offered in part II, nor do I agree with the factual findings and judgment stated in the last three sentences in part III.
I continue to adhere to the decision of the panel majority issued pursuant to the Government’s petition for rehearing. I therefore dissent.

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