Add to ORKG42 U.S.C. § 1988-The United States Supreme Court has held that an award of attorney\u27s fees under 42 U.S.C. § 1988 is not required to be proportionate to the damages awarded a Civil Rights plaintiff, thus allowing a fee award seven times the amount of compensatory and punitive damages. City of Riverside v. Rivera, 106 S. Ct. 2686 (1986
Congress passed the Civil Rights Attorneys\u27 Fees Awards Act of 1976 (the Fees Act) to provide fee...
In Farrar v. Hobby, the Supreme Court granted prevailing party status, as required by 42 U.S.C § 1...
Among the myriad rules and statutes designed to curb litigation abuse, Rule 11 of the Federal Rules ...
City of Riverside v. Rivera is the Supreme Court\u27s latest attempt to define a reasonable attorn...
McGrath v. Toys R Us, Inc., 821 N.E.2d 519 (N.Y. 2004). The awarding of attorney\u27s fees in civi...
In 1976, Congress enacted the Civil Rights Attorney\u27s Fees Awards Act, amending 42 U.S.C. § 1988....
Can plaintiffs recover attorney’s fees under 42 U.S.C. § 1988 when they establish constitutional vio...
The traditional American Rule regarding attorney fees did not allow for prevailing parties to coll...
In this Article Professor Silver addresses the shifting of attorneys\u27 fees in administratively re...
There have been several important fee award decisions\u27 since the enactment of the Civil Rights At...
Congress enacted the Civil Rights Attorney\u27s Fees Act (Fees Act) to promote more vigorous enforc...
The Supreme Court, through a series of recent decisions has effectively overridden Congress’ dictate...
The ordinary American rule is that all parties must pay their own attorney fees. However, in some C...
Section 505 of the Copyright Act allows courts to award attorney’s fees to the prevailing party in a...
The importance of civil rights in our society is underscored by the availability of legal redress to...
Congress passed the Civil Rights Attorneys\u27 Fees Awards Act of 1976 (the Fees Act) to provide fee...
In Farrar v. Hobby, the Supreme Court granted prevailing party status, as required by 42 U.S.C § 1...
Among the myriad rules and statutes designed to curb litigation abuse, Rule 11 of the Federal Rules ...
City of Riverside v. Rivera is the Supreme Court\u27s latest attempt to define a reasonable attorn...
McGrath v. Toys R Us, Inc., 821 N.E.2d 519 (N.Y. 2004). The awarding of attorney\u27s fees in civi...
In 1976, Congress enacted the Civil Rights Attorney\u27s Fees Awards Act, amending 42 U.S.C. § 1988....
Can plaintiffs recover attorney’s fees under 42 U.S.C. § 1988 when they establish constitutional vio...
The traditional American Rule regarding attorney fees did not allow for prevailing parties to coll...
In this Article Professor Silver addresses the shifting of attorneys\u27 fees in administratively re...
There have been several important fee award decisions\u27 since the enactment of the Civil Rights At...
Congress enacted the Civil Rights Attorney\u27s Fees Act (Fees Act) to promote more vigorous enforc...
The Supreme Court, through a series of recent decisions has effectively overridden Congress’ dictate...
The ordinary American rule is that all parties must pay their own attorney fees. However, in some C...
Section 505 of the Copyright Act allows courts to award attorney’s fees to the prevailing party in a...
The importance of civil rights in our society is underscored by the availability of legal redress to...
Congress passed the Civil Rights Attorneys\u27 Fees Awards Act of 1976 (the Fees Act) to provide fee...
In Farrar v. Hobby, the Supreme Court granted prevailing party status, as required by 42 U.S.C § 1...
Among the myriad rules and statutes designed to curb litigation abuse, Rule 11 of the Federal Rules ...