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Try CasePortal for FreeJ. Lee finds that the district court properly denied attorney fees and nontaxable costs under the Equal Access to Justice Act and remanded the district court’s award of taxable costs concerning an underlying ERISA claim alleging that defendants sold their company to an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) at an inflated value. The district court was correct in concluding that the government’s position at trial was "substantially justified," in denying attorney fees and nontaxable costs. Affirmed.
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