Fox v. Vice

Fox v. Vice
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued March 22, 2011 Decided June 6, 2011
Full case name	Ricky D. Fox, Petitioner v. Judy Ann Vice, as Executrix of the Estate of Billy Ray Vice, et al.
Docket no.	10-114
Citations	563 U.S. 826 (more) 131 S. Ct. 2205; 180 L. Ed. 2d 45
Argument	Oral argument
Opinion announcement	Opinion announcement
Holding
Reasonable fees may be granted to the defendant in a suit that involves both frivolous and non-frivolous claims, but only for costs resulting from the frivolous claims.
Court membership
Chief Justice John Roberts Associate Justices Antonin Scalia · Anthony Kennedy Clarence Thomas · Ruth Bader Ginsburg Stephen Breyer · Samuel Alito Sonia Sotomayor · Elena Kagan
Case opinion
Majority	Kagan, joined by unanimous

Fox v. Vice, 563 U.S. 826 (2011), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that reasonable fees may be granted to the defendant in a suit that involves both frivolous and non-frivolous claims, but only for costs resulting from the frivolous claims.^[1]

• List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 563

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