30 Cited authorities

Hensley v. Eckerhart
461 U.S. 424 (1983) Cited 21,676 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
Blum v. Stenson
465 U.S. 886 (1984) Cited 8,870 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”
Grendel's Den, Inc. v. Larkin
749 F.2d 945 (1st Cir. 1984) Cited 470 times
Holding that “the absence of detailed contemporaneous time records, except in extraordinary circumstances, will call for a substantial reduction in any award or, in egregious cases, disallowance.”
Lipsett v. Blanco
975 F.2d 934 (1st Cir. 1992) Cited 350 times
Holding that "clerical or secretarial tasks ought not to be billed at lawyers' rates, even if a lawyer performs them," and finding that translating constitutes such a task
Coutin v. Young Rubicam Puerto Rico, Inc.
124 F.3d 331 (1st Cir. 1997) Cited 221 times
Finding an award of over $45,000 substantial, especially in view of the fact that it represented three times the plaintiff's yearly salary
Andrade v. Jamestown Housing Authority
82 F.3d 1179 (1st Cir. 1996) Cited 167 times
Holding that where "multiple claims are interrelated and a plaintiff has achieved only limited success . . . a court may . . . simply reduce the award to account for the limited success"
Quinn v. City of Boston
325 F.3d 18 (1st Cir. 2003) Cited 87 times
Holding that a substantial public interest may counsel granting a Rule 54(b) motion.
Brewster v. Dukakis
3 F.3d 488 (1st Cir. 1993) Cited 95 times
Upholding rates applied by court in November of 1992 which were "the very figures adopted in 1991, the year in which much of th[e] work was done"
Dahill v. Police Dept. of Boston
434 Mass. 233 (Mass. 2001) Cited 70 times
Holding that mitigating or corrective devices are not considered in assessing handicap
Systems Management, Inc. v. Loiselle
303 F.3d 100 (1st Cir. 2002) Cited 53 times
Holding that a complaint did not state a claim under the closed-ended theory where the scheme related to the fraudulent maintenance of a single contract, even though that scheme included multiple fraudulent acts
Section 1983 - Civil action for deprivation of rights
42 U.S.C. § 1983 Cited 490,212 times 694 Legal Analyses
Holding liable any state actor who "subjects, or causes [a person] to be subjected" to a constitutional violation
Rule 54 - Judgment; Costs
Fed. R. Civ. P. 54 Cited 41,473 times 143 Legal Analyses
Holding party seeking fees may additionally seek "nontaxable expenses"
Section 1988 - Proceedings in vindication of civil rights
42 U.S.C. § 1988 Cited 21,850 times 43 Legal Analyses
Finding that 28 U.S.C. § 1920 defines the term "costs" as used in Rule 54(d) and enumerates the expenses that a federal court may tax as a cost under the discretionary authority granted in Rule 54(d)
Section 151B:4 - Unlawful practices
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 151B § 4 Cited 874 times 15 Legal Analyses
Prohibiting discrimination because of "sex, ... sexual orientation," etc.
Section 151B:9 - Construction of statute; inconsistent laws; repeals; exclusiveness of statutory procedure; civil remedies; speedy trial; attorney's fees and costs; limitation
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 151B § 9 Cited 299 times
Authorizing anti-discrimination suits "at the expiration of ninety days after the filing of a complaint with the [Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (MCAD) ], or sooner if a commissioner assents in writing"

Deleo v. City of Boston, Massachusetts et al

30 Cited authorities

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

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”

Holding that “the absence of detailed contemporaneous time records, except in extraordinary circumstances, will call for a substantial reduction in any award or, in egregious cases, disallowance.”

Holding that "clerical or secretarial tasks ought not to be billed at lawyers' rates, even if a lawyer performs them," and finding that translating constitutes such a task

Finding an award of over $45,000 substantial, especially in view of the fact that it represented three times the plaintiff's yearly salary

Holding that where "multiple claims are interrelated and a plaintiff has achieved only limited success . . . a court may . . . simply reduce the award to account for the limited success"

Holding that a substantial public interest may counsel granting a Rule 54(b) motion.

Upholding rates applied by court in November of 1992 which were "the very figures adopted in 1991, the year in which much of th[e] work was done"

Holding that mitigating or corrective devices are not considered in assessing handicap

Holding that a complaint did not state a claim under the closed-ended theory where the scheme related to the fraudulent maintenance of a single contract, even though that scheme included multiple fraudulent acts

Holding liable any state actor who "subjects, or causes [a person] to be subjected" to a constitutional violation

Holding party seeking fees may additionally seek "nontaxable expenses"

Finding that 28 U.S.C. § 1920 defines the term "costs" as used in Rule 54(d) and enumerates the expenses that a federal court may tax as a cost under the discretionary authority granted in Rule 54(d)

Prohibiting discrimination because of "sex, ... sexual orientation," etc.

Authorizing anti-discrimination suits "at the expiration of ninety days after the filing of a complaint with the [Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (MCAD) ], or sooner if a commissioner assents in writing"