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Jeanette Norte, Complainant, v. Spencer Abraham, Secretary, Department of Energy, Agency.

01A24738 (E.E.O.C. Dec. 12, 2003)
Jeanette Norte, Complainant, v. Spencer Abraham, Secretary, Department of Energy, Agency.

6 Cited authorities

  1. Hensley v. Eckerhart

    461 U.S. 424 (1983)   Cited 22,293 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 9,132 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. Memphis Community School Dist. v. Stachura

    477 U.S. 299 (1986)   Cited 1,351 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding that damages awards under section 1983 "may include not only out-of-pocket loss and other monetary harms, but also such injuries such as . . . mental anguish and suffering"

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

    675 F.2d 1319 (D.C. Cir. 1982)   Cited 533 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a fee application must "contain sufficiently detailed information about the hours logged and the work done"

  5. Cygnar v. City of Chicago

    865 F.2d 827 (7th Cir. 1989)   Cited 169 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding that evidence that patronage targets' names were known by defendant to be on Democratic Party contributors' list sufficient to support finding that defendant knew, despite his denial, of their political affiliations

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

    42 U.S.C. § 2000e-16   Cited 5,051 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"