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082214P.pdf 09/01/2009 Craftsmen Limousine v. Ford Motor Company
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 08-2214
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri - Springfield
[PUBLISHED] [Melloy, Author, with Wollman and Murphy, Circuit Judges]
Civil case - civil procedure. There is no requirement under Fed. R. Civ.
P. 54 that the district court provide a detailed review or analysis of every
item of costs; plaintiff failed to offer any specific basis to rebut the
presumption in favor of awarding Ford costs or for concluding that the
award was unreasonable or unnecessary; no error in awarding costs for
video-depositions as such costs are included under 28 U.S.C. Sec. 1920;
no error in awarding pro hac vice costs as they are recoverable as fees of
the clerk under 28 U.S.C. Sec. 1920.