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Rogelio Perez, Petitioner, v. John E. Potter, Postmaster General, United States Postal Service, (Southwest Area) Agency.

04a40041 (E.E.O.C. Mar. 3, 2005)
Rogelio Perez, Petitioner, v. John E. Potter, Postmaster General, United States Postal Service, (Southwest Area) Agency.

5 Cited authorities

  1. Hensley v. Eckerhart

    461 U.S. 424 (1983)   Cited 22,349 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 9,150 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. Knafel v. Pepsi-Cola Bottlers of Akron, Inc.

    899 F.2d 1473 (6th Cir. 1990)   Cited 58 times
    Finding federal labor law did not preempt employee allegations of retaliation for filing workers' compensation claims

  4. E.E.O.C. v. Blue and White Service Corp.

    674 F. Supp. 1579 (D. Minn. 1987)   Cited 4 times
    Noting that, under Minnesota law, the discriminatee received $9,000 for total and partial disability, computed as two-thirds of his weekly wage rate, and $8,000 for impairment compensation based on loss of bodily function, and deducting only the former from the back pay award

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

    42 U.S.C. § 2000e-16   Cited 5,062 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"