Plaintiff’s motion to compel the payment of costs is granted and the defendants ordered to pay the costs previously ordered by the court of appeals where the original award of costs was a permissible exercise of the court’s discretion, and there was no operative bill of costs in the district court which could be set off against those awarded to plaintiff in the appeal.   

Read Smart v. International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 702, No. 07-4088

Appellate InformationAppeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois.Decided July 22, 2009

JudgesBefore RIPPLE, KANNE and TINDER, Circuit Judges.Per Curium Opinion

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