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Leeward Auto Wreckers, Inc.

283 N.L.R.B. 574 (N.L.R.B. 1987)
Leeward Auto Wreckers, Inc.

17 Cited authorities

  1. Hensley v. Eckerhart

    461 U.S. 424 (1983)   Cited 22,124 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. National Ass'n of Concerned Veterans v. Secretary of Defense

    675 F.2d 1319 (D.C. Cir. 1982)   Cited 531 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a fee application must "contain sufficiently detailed information about the hours logged and the work done"

  3. Prandini v. National Tea Co.

    585 F.2d 47 (3d Cir. 1978)   Cited 212 times
    Finding attorneys entitled to award for time spent in preparing and presenting fee petition and in successfully appealing the first fee award

  4. Action on Smoking and Health v. C.A.B

    724 F.2d 211 (D.C. Cir. 1984)   Cited 177 times
    Holding that the time limitation for filing an initial application for attorneys' fees and expenses under the EAJA is jurisdictional

  5. Environmental Defense Fund, Inc. v. Watt

    722 F.2d 1081 (2d Cir. 1983)   Cited 104 times
    In Environmental Defense Fund, Inc. v. Watt, 722 F.2d 1081, 1087-90 (2d Cir. 1982), the Second Circuit went so far as to assess the reasonableness of the government's stance in settlement negotiations, finding seven months of discussion to arrive at a stipulation covering a few discrete issues unreasonable.

  6. Bagby v. Beal

    606 F.2d 411 (3d Cir. 1979)   Cited 115 times
    Holding case moot but also upholding district court finding that state employee was prevailing party in district court and entitled to attorney's fees

  7. Tyler Business Services, Inc. v. N.L.R.B

    695 F.2d 73 (4th Cir. 1982)   Cited 78 times
    Blocking recovery of attorneys fees in agency actions which were resolved prior to Act's effective date, although relying on a different interpretation of the Act

  8. Goldhaber v. Foley

    698 F.2d 193 (3d Cir. 1983)   Cited 56 times
    In Goldhaber v. Foley, 698 F.2d 193 (3d Cir. 1983), we held that EAJA entitles a plaintiff to "charge the United States with that portion of the expenses attributable to its unjustifiable positions," id. at 197 (footnote omitted), and not with "the entire expense of litigation," where the United States has prevailed in at least one aspect of the action, id. The district court must determine which portion of the prevailing party's fee application is related to litigation over the government's unjustified position.

  9. Wyandotte Sav. Bank v. N.L.R.B

    682 F.2d 119 (6th Cir. 1982)   Cited 41 times
    Holding that the NLRB was "substantially justified" in seeking the overruling of a controlling, ten-year-old Sixth Circuit precedent (which had been rejected by two other circuits), reasoning that "the position taken by the Board was a reasonable attempt to reopen a closed question"

  10. Monark Boat Co. v. N.L.R.B

    708 F.2d 1322 (8th Cir. 1983)   Cited 38 times
    Holding that an application was not filed with the NLRB until it was received, noting that "[t]his interpretation is consistent with cases holding that a document is filed in a court only when it is received, not when it is mailed"

  11. Section 1988 - Proceedings in vindication of civil rights

    42 U.S.C. § 1988   Cited 22,166 times   45 Legal Analyses
    Finding that 28 U.S.C. § 1920 defines the term "costs" as used in Rule 54(d) and enumerates the expenses that a federal court may tax as a cost under the discretionary authority granted in Rule 54(d)

  12. Section 504 - Costs and fees of parties

    5 U.S.C. § 504   Cited 657 times   5 Legal Analyses
    Authorizing payment of attorney's fees by the Government when a party prevails in a federal agency adjudication