5th Circuit Reverses Award Of Attorney Fees For Work On Unsuccessful Challenge

( March 3, 2026, 8:33 AM EST) -- NEW ORLEANS — Litigants challenging the enforcement of a consent decree entered decades ago relating to Texas’s administration of the Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment program (EPSDT) were improperly awarded attorney fees for work related to two challenges that were unsuccessful, the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals held in partially reversing an order....