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Shelly Henson, Complainant, v. John E. Potter, Postmaster General, United States Postal Service, Agency.

01a45584 (E.E.O.C. Jul. 22, 2005)
Shelly Henson, Complainant, v. John E. Potter, Postmaster General, United States Postal Service, Agency.

4 Cited authorities

  1. Hensley v. Eckerhart

    461 U.S. 424 (1983)   Cited 22,389 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. Buckhannon Board Care Home v. West Va. D.H.H.R

    532 U.S. 598 (2001)   Cited 3,982 times   17 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a party becomes a prevailing party once there is a "judicially sanctioned change in the legal relationship of the parties"

  3. Blum v. Stenson

    465 U.S. 886 (1984)   Cited 9,164 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”

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

    42 U.S.C. § 2000e-16   Cited 5,067 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"