Garrett T. Donaldson, Complainant, v. Janet Napolitano, Secretary, Department of Homeland Security, Agency.

9 Cited authorities

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
Buckhannon Board Care Home v. West Va. D.H.H.R
532 U.S. 598 (2001) Cited 3,826 times 17 Legal Analyses
Holding that a party becomes a prevailing party once there is a "judicially sanctioned change in the legal relationship of the parties"
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”
Missouri v. Jenkins
491 U.S. 274 (1989) Cited 2,334 times 2 Legal Analyses
Holding that reasonable attorney's fees includes the costs of paralegals' time
Coutin v. Young Rubicam Puerto Rico, Inc.
124 F.3d 331 (1st Cir. 1997) Cited 221 times
Finding an award of over $45,000 substantial, especially in view of the fact that it represented three times the plaintiff's yearly salary
U.S. v. Metropolitan Dist. Com'n
847 F.2d 12 (1st Cir. 1988) Cited 171 times
Approving of District Court's decision to deviate from typical approach to calculating fee award where characteristics of case justified different approach
Brewster v. Dukakis
3 F.3d 488 (1st Cir. 1993) Cited 95 times
Upholding rates applied by court in November of 1992 which were "the very figures adopted in 1991, the year in which much of th[e] work was done"
Foster v. Mydas Associates, Inc.
943 F.2d 139 (1st Cir. 1991) Cited 48 times
Holding that a district court must, at a bare minimum, identify the source of the presumed authority undergirding a fee award, for "different sources of authority impose varying criteria for judging the [award's] appropriateness"
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"

Garrett T. Donaldson, Complainant, v. Janet Napolitano, Secretary, Department of Homeland Security, Agency.

9 Cited authorities

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

Holding that a party becomes a prevailing party once there is a "judicially sanctioned change in the legal relationship of the parties"

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”

Holding that reasonable attorney's fees includes the costs of paralegals' time

Finding an award of over $45,000 substantial, especially in view of the fact that it represented three times the plaintiff's yearly salary

Approving of District Court's decision to deviate from typical approach to calculating fee award where characteristics of case justified different approach

Upholding rates applied by court in November of 1992 which were "the very figures adopted in 1991, the year in which much of th[e] work was done"

Holding that a district court must, at a bare minimum, identify the source of the presumed authority undergirding a fee award, for "different sources of authority impose varying criteria for judging the [award's] appropriateness"

Adopting provisions of § 2000e-5(f)-(k), including that "[e]ach United States district court . . . shall have jurisdiction of actions brought under this subchapter"