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Pamela K. Shulte, Complainant, v. John E. Potter, Postmaster General, United States Postal Service, Agency.

01995576 (E.E.O.C. Jun. 7, 2002)
Pamela K. Shulte, Complainant, v. John E. Potter, Postmaster General, United States Postal Service, Agency.

5 Cited authorities

  1. Hensley v. Eckerhart

    461 U.S. 424 (1983)   Cited 22,342 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 9,147 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. Copeland v. Marshall

    641 F.2d 880 (D.C. Cir. 1980)   Cited 1,036 times
    Holding that "in Title VII and similar fee-setting cases," a court may grant an "adjustment to reflect the delay in receipt of payment" because such delay "deprives the eventual recipient of the value of the use of the money in the meantime"

  4. 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

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

    42 U.S.C. § 2000e-16   Cited 5,060 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"