Costs

(1) Fees and charges that a party pays to file and present a court case or to enforce a judgment;

(2) money won in a civil suit to pay for expenses.

Source: California Courts.

Last reviewed October 2021

What Does it Mean for Other Institutions to “Defy” or “Check” the Supreme Court? Not Quite What the Court Invites Those Institutions to Do

Illinois Law dean Vikram David Amar and professor Jason Mazzone respond to a recent column by New York Times columnist David Leonhardt, arguing that neither of the recent high-profile developments after the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision is an example of “defying” the Court or “checking” judicial power.