Race Tires America v. Hoosier Racing Tire Corp.
United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
674 F.3d 158 (2012)
Relevant factsFree
After prevailing on summary judgment in an antitrust suit brought by Race Tires America (plaintiff), Hoosier Racing Tire and Dirt Motor Sports (defendants) were awarded $365,000 in costs for payments to electronic-discovery vendors who had collected, processed, keyword-searched, screened for privilege, converted files to TIFF and text-searchable formats, and converted videos from VHS to DVD in complying with the discovery order; Race Tires appealed the scope of the cost award.
IssueFree
Whether a prevailing party may recover as costs the full amount paid to an electronic-discovery vendor for collecting, processing, and producing electronically stored information.