Attorney's fees include litigation expenses, such as expert witness fees, travel expenses, and costs.

He said he had contacted the doctor, but he refused to travel to New York for the $500 witness fee offered by the Assigned Counsel Plan.

Justice O'Connor explained that the ruling was based on the Court's interpretation of the Federal law governing witness fees.

He added: "We cannot say that the payment of witness fees to prisoners is so bizarre that Congress could not have intended it."

Individuals who pursue their own claims in court or before the MSPB may be awarded reasonable attorney and expert witness fees if they prevail.

Two days later, Esther shot and killed him using a gun Maud bought using their witness fees.

The artist can also sue for damages, as well as lawyers' fees, expert witness fees "and any other relief the court deems proper."

They include fees, advertising costs, court reporting and deposition fees, expert witness fees, courtroom exhibit costs, travel, and subsistence costs related to a specific proceeding.

This meant Congress had to declare in the body of the statute that parents could recover expert witness fees.

Until Congress does, parents must pay their own expert witness fee expenses, even when they prevail.