Interest on legal fees
United States v. Academy Mortgage
In brief
- Where it stands
- Petition Pending
Awaiting an order on the petition
- What it’s about
- Gwen Thrower asks the Supreme Court to review when interest on attorneys’ fees begins: when a court establishes a right to fees, or only when it later sets the amount. Her filed petition argues that the Ninth Circuit follows the latter rule.
- What's at stake
- For Thrower, it remains unresolved whether interest runs from the ruling granting fees or only from the later order setting the amount.
Summary: written with AI from the case record.
What it's about
Federal law provides for post-judgment interest on civil money judgments, including attorney-fee awards; Thrower’s petition disputes when that interest starts if the fee amount is set later.
Question presented
Whether entry of a judgment definitively establishing a plaintiff’s entitlement to attorneys’ fees triggers accrual of post-judgment interest on those fees.
What happens next
The Court must decide whether to hear the petition. No argument date or decision timing is available.
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