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Respondent disputes the award of costs for certain
disbursements that respondent contends petitioner did not
adequately describe. Rule 231 provides that a party claiming
litigation costs for which the parties have not reached an
agreement must file a written motion that includes a statement of
the specific litigation costs claimed and a supporting affidavit
setting forth the nature and amount of each item. Rule
231(a)(2), (b), (d). Petitioner timely filed a motion with this
Court in compliance with Rule 231. With the motion, petitioner
filed the supporting affidavit of his attorney Richard A. Siegal
and a detailed billing record (the billing record) identifying
each “out-of-pocket disbursement” billed to petitioner with
respect to the instant proceedings.14 The billing record
chronologically sets forth the date and amount of each
disbursement and identifies each disbursement with a numeric
code. The billing record separately describes each numeric code.
For instance, the billing record sets forth a disbursement of
$461.66 on February 8, 2005, and identifies the disbursement with
the numeric code “00256”. Separately, the billing record
describes the numeric code “00256” as “Lexis Research”.15 On the
14Petitioner also filed an additional affidavit in
compliance with Rule 232(d).
15As noted above, respondent generally contends that
petitioner’s descriptions of the claimed costs were inadequate.
With respect to this example, respondent contended that
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