9 Cited authorities

  1. Hensley v. Eckerhart

    461 U.S. 424 (1983)   Cited 21,428 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. Farrar v. Hobby

    506 U.S. 103 (1992)   Cited 3,564 times   5 Legal Analyses
    Holding that an award of nominal damages, but not purely declaratory relief, suffices for prevailing party status
  3. Louisiana Power Light Co. v. Kellstrom

    50 F.3d 319 (5th Cir. 1995)   Cited 1,005 times
    Holding that refusing to award fees for costs litigation when the prevailing party "recovered only part of the costs and fees it requested . . . fell well within the district court's proper exercise of its discretion"
  4. Saizan v. Delta Concrete Prods. Co.

    448 F.3d 795 (5th Cir. 2006)   Cited 477 times
    Holding that there is no per se proportionality rule
  5. Black v. SettlePou, P.C.

    732 F.3d 492 (5th Cir. 2013)   Cited 306 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a court may not adjust the lodestar due to a Johnson factor that was already taken into account during the initial calculation of the lodestar
  6. Singer v. City of Waco

    324 F.3d 813 (5th Cir. 2003)   Cited 367 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the city could establish a 207(k) work period by following one
  7. U.S. Football League v. Natl. Football League

    887 F.2d 408 (2d Cir. 1989)   Cited 381 times
    Holding that district court did not abuse discretion in reducing lodestar rather than cutting non-successful hours
  8. Combs v. City of Huntington

    829 F.3d 388 (5th Cir. 2016)   Cited 137 times
    Holding that lodestar of $38,722.80 was improperly reduced to $25,000, even though plaintiff obtained $5,000 in damages
  9. Abrams v. Baylor College of Medicine

    805 F.2d 528 (5th Cir. 1986)   Cited 184 times
    Holding that a continuing systemic violation requires that a plaintiff must demonstrate some discriminatory act within the requisite time frame