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Amina W. v. Dep't of Educ.

EEOC Appeal No. 0120150644 (E.E.O.C. Apr. 19, 2018)
Amina W. v. Dep't of Educ.

4 Cited authorities

  1. Hensley v. Eckerhart

    461 U.S. 424 (1983)   Cited 21,680 times   7 Legal Analyses
    Holding a civil-rights plaintiff can recover attorney's fees for claims that "involve a common core of facts or will be based on related legal theories," even if only one of those claims arises under a fee-shifting statute

  2. Blum v. Stenson

    465 U.S. 886 (1984)   Cited 8,872 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Holding that fee shifting is “to be calculated according to the prevailing market rates in the relevant community, regardless of whether plaintiff is represented by private or nonprofit counsel”

  3. Parker v. Wendy's Intern., Inc.

    365 F.3d 1268 (11th Cir. 2004)   Cited 310 times
    Holding that because the plaintiff/debtor's discrimination claim became an asset of the bankruptcy estate when she filed her petition, the trustee became the real party in interest. And because the trustee never abandoned the plaintiff/debtor's discrimination claim and never took an inconsistent position under oath with regard to that claim, the trustee was not judicially estopped from pursuing the claim

  4. Section 2000e-16 - Employment by Federal Government

    42 U.S.C. § 2000e-16   Cited 4,954 times   20 Legal Analyses
    Adopting provisions of § 2000e-5(f)-(k), including that "[e]ach United States district court . . . shall have jurisdiction of actions brought under this subchapter"