Opinion ID: 534080
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: Award of Defendant's Costs and Disbursements.

Text: 18 Ishman argues that the district court should not have awarded the Service costs and disbursements related to its motion to dismiss. According to the Federal Rules, however, the court had the discretion to allow costs to the Service, as a prevailing party, as a matter of course. Fed.R.Civ.P. 54(d). Our reversal necessarily vacates the award of costs; the district court may award them after a new determination of the prevailing party. 19 No. 87-2229 is hereby AFFIRMED IN PART, REVERSED IN PART, AND REMANDED. 20 Each party will bear its own costs for the appeals in No. 85-2261 and No. 87-2229.