2011 US Code
Title 28 - Judiciary and Judicial Procedure
Part VI - PARTICULAR PROCEEDINGS (§§ 2201 - 4105)
Chapter 181 - FOREIGN JUDGMENTS (§§ 4101 - 4105)
Section 4105 - Attorneys’ fees
View Metadata| Publication Title | United States Code, 2006 Edition, Supplement 5, Title 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE PART VI - PARTICULAR PROCEEDINGS CHAPTER 181 - FOREIGN JUDGMENTS Sec. 4105 - Attorneys’ fees |
| Contains | section 4105 |
| Date | 2011 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 3, 2012 |
| Positive Law | Yes |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Added Pub. L. 111-223, §3(a), Aug. 10, 2010, 124 Stat. 2383. |
| Statutes at Large Reference | 124 Stat. 2383 |
| Public Law Reference | Public Law 111-223 |
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In any action brought in a domestic court to enforce a foreign judgment for defamation, including any such action removed from State court to Federal court, the domestic court shall, absent exceptional circumstances, allow the party opposing recognition or enforcement of the judgment a reasonable attorney's fee if such party prevails in the action on a ground specified in section 4102(a), (b), or (c).
(Added Pub. L. 111–223, §3(a), Aug. 10, 2010, 124 Stat. 2383.)
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