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OSTER v. BOWEN

Civ. A. No. 86-0344-R.

682 F.Supp. 853 (1988)

Niels OSTER, M.D., Plaintiff, v. Otis R. BOWEN, M.D., et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. Virginia, Richmond Division.

January 13, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert T. Adams, Julia Krebs-Markrich, McGuire, Woods & Battle, Richmond, Va., Kathleen T. Sooy, for plaintiff.

Steven D. Gravely, Frederick W. Beck, III, Seawell, Dalton, Hughes & Timms, Richmond, Va., Benjamin W. Heineman, Jr., Carter G. Phillips, Mark D. Hopson, Elizabeth H. Esty, Sidley & Austin, Washington, D.C., Kirk B. Johnson, American Medical Ass'n., Chicago, Ill., for intervenor American Medical Ass'n.

Robert W. Jaspen, Asst. U.S. Atty., Richmond, Va., and Nancy Miller, for Bowen and Kusserow.

Joseph M. Spivey, Douglas S. Granger, Jessica S. Jones, Hunton & Williams, Richmond, Va., for Medical Soc. of Virginia Review Organization.

MEMORANDUM

MERHIGE, District Judge.

This matter comes before the Court on Plaintiff Niels Oster's motion for an award of attorneys' fees and costs. Plaintiff's motion is premised on two provisions of the Equal Access to Justice Act ("EAJA"), 28 U.S.C. § 2412(b) and 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d)(1)(A), and the common law doctrines of common benefit and bad faith. The issues have been briefed and argued, and the matter is now ripe for disposition.

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