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Margaret L.,1 Complainant,2 v. Julian Castro, Secretary, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Agency.

0420150018_0120150433_0120160089 (E.E.O.C. Jun. 2, 2016)
Margaret L.,1 Complainant,2 v. Julian Castro, Secretary, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Agency.

8 Cited authorities

  1. Hensley v. Eckerhart

    461 U.S. 424 (1983)   Cited 21,692 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 8,879 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. Johnson v. Georgia Highway Express, Inc.

    488 F.2d 714 (5th Cir. 1974)   Cited 7,727 times   6 Legal Analyses
    Holding that "the novelty and difficulty of the questions" involved in the case is a factor in the determination of a reasonable fee

  4. New York Gaslight Club, Inc. v. Carey

    447 U.S. 54 (1980)   Cited 455 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the phrase "any action or proceeding" as used in section 706(k) of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-5(k), authorizes awards of attorney's fees for work done by the prevailing complainant in state administrative and judicial proceedings to which the complainant was referred pursuant to the provisions of Title VII

  5. Laffey v. Northwest Airlines, Inc.

    746 F.2d 4 (D.C. Cir. 1984)   Cited 468 times
    Holding that in enacting § 1988, Congress intended plaintiffs to recover wages lost during litigation

  6. Laffey v. Northwest Airlines, Inc.

    572 F. Supp. 354 (D.D.C. 1983)   Cited 401 times
    Finding that "the relevant legal market in this action is complex employment discrimination litigation [but] that this market is subject to the same hourly rates that prevail in other complex federal litigation"

  7. Piper v. U.S. Department of Justice

    339 F. Supp. 2d 13 (D.D.C. 2004)   Cited 34 times
    Finding public benefit where the disclosure "will assist the citizenry in making informed judgments" about the agency

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

    42 U.S.C. § 2000e-16   Cited 4,956 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"