Buckhannon Board Care Home v. West Va. D.H.H.R

Holding that the ordinary meaning of "prevailing party" in 42 U.S.C. § 3613(c) and 42 U.S.C. § 12205 allows attorneys’ fees only when there is a "material alteration of the legal relationship of the parties."

Fogerty v. Fantasy, Inc.

Holding that under the Copyright Act fee-shifting statute, 17 U.S.C. § 505, defendants and plaintiffs are to be treated the same, contrary to the Court's interpretation of § 1988

Kucana v. Holder

Holding that § 1252(B), which governs judicial review of discretionary decisions made by the Attorney General or the Secretary of Homeland Security, "does not proscribe judicial review of denials of motions to reopen"

West Virginia Univ. Hospitals, Inc. v. Casey

Holding that the term "reasonable attorney's fee" in 42 U.S.C. § 1988 does not provide the "explicit statutory authority" required to award expert witness fees beyond those provided by §§ 1920 and 1821

Ruckelshaus v. Sierra Club

Holding that Congress's omission of a prevailing party requirement in 42 U.S.C. § 7607(f) “was meant to expand the class of parties eligible for fee awards from prevailing parties to partially prevailing parties”

Mansell v. Mansell

Holding that the plain and unambiguous meaning of a statute prevails in the absence of clearly expressed legislative intent to the contrary

Watson v. United States

Holding that a person does not use a firearm under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) when he receives it in trade for drugs

McNeill v. U.S.

Holding "that a federal sentencing court must determine whether ‘an offense under State law’ is a ‘serious drug offense’ by consulting the ‘maximum term of imprisonment’ applicable to a defendant's previous drug offense at the time of the defendant's state conviction for that offense" (quoting § 924(e) )

Bob Jones University v. United States

Holding that federal government's compelling interest in eradicating racial discrimination outweighed plaintiffs' free exercise claim

Rodriguez v. United States

Finding no irreconcilable conflict between a minimum sentence and the "suspension authority" of § 3651

Section 1988 - Proceedings in vindication of civil rights

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 552 - Public information; agency rules, opinions, orders, records, and proceedings

Holding that the Court's entering of a “Stipulation and Order” approving the parties' terms of dismissal did not amount to a “court-ordered consent decree” that would render the plaintiff the prevailing party

Section 1021.5 - Attorney's fees in action resulting in enforcement of important right affecting public interest

Providing that "a court may award" attorney's fees "to a successful party "

Section 09.60.010 - Costs and attorney fees allowed prevailing party

Limiting the exception to constitutional causes of action

Rule 82 - Attorney's Fees