- 5 - May 4, 2004, Court hearing5 and $3 relating to the parking fee. The revised expense report also reflected a reduction to $88.96 for petitioner’s lost wages,6 an increase to $158.64 for postage, delivery, and office supplies, and an increase to $1,248.90 relating to the purported value of petitioners’ research time.7 On September 28, 2004, petitioners also mailed to the Court by certified mail petitioners’ reply to respondent’s memorandum brief (petitioners’ reply brief). The envelope in which petitioners’ reply brief was mailed is in evidence, and a mailing cost of $4.42 is indicated thereon. We note that petitioners apparently did not serve upon respondent’s counsel copies of any of the documents that petitioners submitted to the Court, and petitioners do not claim any postage or delivery costs relating to service copies. Below is a schedule, by category, of petitioners’ claimed litigation costs, reflecting the differing amounts petitioners claim in their original and in their revised expense reports: 5 Petitioners calculated the $10.50 mileage costs at $0.35 per mile for 30 miles. 6 The reduced $88.96 for lost wages was calculated at $11.12 per hour for 8 hours. 7 The increased $1,248.90 relating to petitioners’ research time actually reflected a reduction from 141 hours in the original expense report to 128 hours in the revised expense report, but the increased $1,248.90 apparently included additional alleged costs of phone calls, copying, and office supplies. The record does not indicate the hourly rate petitioners used in their revised calculation.Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Next
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