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Conitz v. Teck Cominco Alaska Inc.

RESPONSE in Opposition re MOTION for Attorney Fees Opposition to NANA's Motion for Attorney's Fees

11 Cited authorities

  1. Christiansburg Garment Co. v. Equal Emp't Opportunity Comm'n

    434 U.S. 412 (1978)   Cited 3,639 times   33 Legal Analyses
    Holding that for a defendant to recoup attorneys fees under § 706(k) of Title VII, a court must find that the plaintiff litigated his or her claim beyond the point where it became “frivolous, unreasonable, or groundless” or where plaintiff acted in bad faith

  2. Washington v. Seattle School Dist. No. 1

    458 U.S. 457 (1982)   Cited 192 times   7 Legal Analyses
    Holding unconstitutional the state initiative that blocked the Seattle School District's use of mandatory busing to remedy de facto segregation

  3. Robinson v. Consolidated Service

    459 U.S. 1204 (1983)   Cited 95 times
    Remanding for award of "rates customarily charged" in jurisdiction in which lawsuit was filed

  4. Grove v. Mead School Dist. No. 354

    753 F.2d 1528 (9th Cir. 1985)   Cited 170 times
    Holding "[t]he free exercise clause recognizes the right of every person to choose among types of religious training and observance, free of state compulsion"

  5. Donnell v. United States

    682 F.2d 240 (D.C. Cir. 1982)   Cited 117 times
    Holding that fees should not be awarded under the Voting Rights Act fee-shifting provision where an intervenor entering the litigation on behalf of the Justice Department contributes “nothing of substance in producing th[e] outcome” of the litigation

  6. Seattle School Dist. No. 1 v. State of Wash

    633 F.2d 1338 (9th Cir. 1980)   Cited 83 times
    Granting attorney's fees to public interest groups that intervened in a school desegregation case

  7. ST. LOUIS FIRE FIGHT. ASS'N v. ST. LOUIS, MO

    96 F.3d 323 (8th Cir. 1996)   Cited 48 times
    Stating court should not decide abstract matters of law that have become moot

  8. E.E.O.C. v. Clear Lake Dodge

    60 F.3d 1146 (5th Cir. 1995)   Cited 26 times
    Affirming entitlement of employee-intervenor in Title VII employment discrimination case where intervenor was "prevailing party"

  9. Mayer v. Wedgewood Neighborhood Coalition

    707 F.2d 1020 (9th Cir. 1983)   Cited 28 times

    No. 82-3080. Argued and Submitted January 4, 1983. Decided June 6, 1983. Ken G. Kieffer, Tacoma, Wash., for plaintiffs-appellants. Ross E. Taylor, Rush, Kleinwachter Hannula, Tacoma, Wash., for defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington. Before BROWNING, Chief Judge, FLETCHER and PREGERSON, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM: Plaintiff Mayer sought to construct rental housing for low-income families under 42 U.S.C. § 1437f on land bordering defendants'

  10. Davis v. Bd. of School Com'rs of Mobile County

    600 F.2d 470 (5th Cir. 1979)   Cited 25 times

    No. 78-1078. August 6, 1979. J. U. Blacksher, Mobile, Ala., Jack Greenberg, Bill Lann Lee, New York City, Solomon S. Seay, Jr., Montgomery, Ala., for Edwin Foster and James E. Buskey. Sintz, Pike, Campbell Duke, Daniel A. Pike, Mobile, Ala., for Board of School Com'rs of Mobile County. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama. Before AINSWORTH, GODBOLD and HILL, Circuit Judges. JAMES C. HILL, Circuit Judge: Plaintiffs-intervenors are black assistant principals