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Veronica Drummond-Irving, Complainant, v. Michael Chertoff, Secretary, Department of Homeland Security, Agency.

07-2006-0051 (E.E.O.C. May. 17, 2007)
Veronica Drummond-Irving, Complainant, v. Michael Chertoff, Secretary, Department of Homeland Security, Agency.

9 Cited authorities

  1. Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.

    477 U.S. 242 (1986)   Cited 243,214 times   39 Legal Analyses
    Holding that summary judgment is appropriate when the evidence is "so one-sided that one party must prevail as a matter of law"

  2. 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

  3. Laffey v. Northwest Airlines, Inc.

    472 U.S. 1021 (1985)   Cited 281 times
    Denying risk multiplier because of dangers of conflict and inequities discussed by plurality in Delaware Valley

  4. Northcross v. Board of Education

    611 F.2d 624 (6th Cir. 1979)   Cited 632 times
    Holding that a district court may cut hours for duplication, padding or frivolous claims

  5. National Ass'n of Concerned Veterans v. Secretary of Defense

    675 F.2d 1319 (D.C. Cir. 1982)   Cited 535 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a fee application must "contain sufficiently detailed information about the hours logged and the work done"

  6. Laffey v. Northwest Airlines, Inc.

    746 F.2d 4 (D.C. Cir. 1984)   Cited 470 times
    Holding that in enacting ยง 1988, Congress intended plaintiffs to recover wages lost during litigation

  7. 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

  8. Thornberry v. Delta Air Lines, Inc.

    676 F.2d 1240 (9th Cir. 1982)   Cited 51 times
    Concluding that awards of consulting and expert witness fees "are largely a matter of the reasonable needs of the party in the context of the litigation"

  9. Flaherty v. Marchand

    284 F. Supp. 2d 1056 (N.D. Ill. 2003)   Cited 4 times

    Case No. 00 C 0565 September 17, 2003 John D. Galarnyk GALARNYK ASSOCIATES, LTD. Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff Brian E. Clauss Mary P. Tobin COOK COUNTY STATE'S ATTORNEY Chicago, IL, for Defendent MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER MORTON DENLOW, Magistrate Judge I. INTRODUCTION Plaintiff Kathleen Flaherty ("Flaherty" or "Plaintiff) brought this action against Defendants Cecil Marchand, Betty Bukraba, and Daniel Stralka, in their individual and official capacities as employees of the Office of the Circuit