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Margaret M. Flanagan, Complainant, v. Donna E. Shalala, Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, Agency.

01996144 (E.E.O.C. Jul. 27, 2000)
Margaret M. Flanagan, Complainant, v. Donna E. Shalala, Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, Agency.

3 Cited authorities

  1. Hensley v. Eckerhart

    461 U.S. 424 (1983)   Cited 21,681 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 8,873 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. Texas Teachers Assn. v. Garland School Dist

    489 U.S. 782 (1989)   Cited 1,873 times
    Holding that where party seeks attorney's fees pursuant to fee-shifting statute, "no fee award is permissible until the [party] has crossed the statutory threshold of prevailing party status" (internal quotation marked omitted)