ยง

Appellant, v. Togo D. West, Jr., Secretary, Department of Veterans Affairs, Agency.

01966861 (E.E.O.C. Sep. 20, 1996)
Appellant, v. Togo D. West, Jr., Secretary, Department of Veterans Affairs, Agency.

8 Cited authorities

  1. Hensley v. Eckerhart

    461 U.S. 424 (1983)   Cited 22,349 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 9,150 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Holding that fee shifting is โ€œto be calculated according to the prevailing market rates in the relevant community, regardless of whether plaintiff is represented by private or nonprofit counselโ€

  3. Missouri v. Jenkins

    491 U.S. 274 (1989)   Cited 2,386 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding that reasonable attorney's fees includes the costs of paralegals' time

  4. Copeland v. Marshall

    641 F.2d 880 (D.C. Cir. 1980)   Cited 1,036 times
    Holding that "in Title VII and similar fee-setting cases," a court may grant an "adjustment to reflect the delay in receipt of payment" because such delay "deprives the eventual recipient of the value of the use of the money in the meantime"

  5. Coulter v. Tennessee

    805 F.2d 146 (6th Cir. 1986)   Cited 495 times
    Holding that a district court may apply an across-the-board reduction based on "excessive or duplicative hours" and approving a 50% across-the-board reduction where "duplication of effort is a serious problem"

  6. National Ass'n of Concerned Veterans v. Secretary of Defense

    675 F.2d 1319 (D.C. Cir. 1982)   Cited 535 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a fee application must "contain sufficiently detailed information about the hours logged and the work done"

  7. Carter v. Duncan-Huggins, Ltd.

    727 F.2d 1225 (D.C. Cir. 1984)   Cited 117 times
    Holding that the standards used to determine what constitutes a hostile work environment is the same under Title VII and 42 U.S.C. ยง 1981

  8. Bradford v. Blum

    507 F. Supp. 526 (S.D.N.Y. 1981)   Cited 10 times

    No. 77 Civ. 1877 (JMC). January 23, 1981. Mid-Hudson Legal Services, Inc., Poughkeepsie, N.Y., and Teitelbaum Hiller, P.C., New York City (Herbert Teitelbaum and Richard O. Berner, New York City, of counsel), for plaintiffs. Robert Abrams, Atty. Gen., New York City (Judith A. Gordon and Robert A. Feuerstein, Asst. Attys. Gen., New York City, of counsel), for defendants. CANNELLA, District Judge: Plaintiffs' motion for attorneys' fees, costs and disbursements is granted in the amount of $76,418.33