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First Amendment Coalition v. U.S. Department of Justice

MOTION for Attorney Fees Correcting Event 99 & 102

24 Cited authorities

  1. Taylor v. Sturgell

    553 U.S. 880 (2008)   Cited 3,154 times   12 Legal Analyses
    Holding that adequate representation requires that "[t]he interests of the nonparty and her representative are aligned" and "the party understood herself to be acting in a representative capacity."

  2. Farrar v. Hobby

    506 U.S. 103 (1992)   Cited 3,576 times   5 Legal Analyses
    Holding that an award of nominal damages, but not purely declaratory relief, suffices for prevailing party status

  3. Smith v. Bayer Corp.

    564 U.S. 299 (2011)   Cited 481 times   46 Legal Analyses
    Holding plaintiff’s claim could not be enjoined because he was not a party to prior action

  4. Davy v. Central Intelligence Agency

    550 F.3d 1155 (D.C. Cir. 2008)   Cited 145 times
    Holding that fourth factor weighed against agency where agency took more than one year to process documents and provided no legal basis in response to a second FOIA request

  5. Warren v. Colvin

    744 F.3d 841 (2d Cir. 2014)   Cited 74 times
    Reversing the district court and finding a plaintiff entitled to costs where he filed a FOIA suit after a series of unsuccessful requests and the defendant voluntarily released the documents after the plaintiff initiated the suit

  6. Edmonds v. F.B.I

    417 F.3d 1319 (D.C. Cir. 2005)   Cited 57 times
    Holding that an order requiring the FBI "to turn over all nonexempt documents by a date certain," along with an order requiring expedited processing of the plaintiff's request, rendered the plaintiff a prevailing party eligible for attorneys' fees under FOIA

  7. Long v. U.S. I.R.S

    932 F.2d 1309 (9th Cir. 1991)   Cited 70 times
    Finding that the Court may adjust the lodestar figure if "certain factors relating to the nature an difficulty of the case . . . indicate that such an adjustment is necessary"

  8. Rosenfeld v. U.S. Dept. of Justice

    904 F. Supp. 2d 988 (N.D. Cal. 2012)   Cited 32 times
    Holding the FBI did not act in good faith when it denied FOIA request based on an agent's belief that documents did not exist and only searched for documents after litigation

  9. Church of Scientology v. U.S. Postal Service

    700 F.2d 486 (9th Cir. 1983)   Cited 86 times
    Instructing the district court to determine on remand "what actually triggered the documents’ release" to the plaintiff

  10. American Civil Liberties Union v. United States Department of Homeland Security

    810 F. Supp. 2d 267 (D.D.C. 2011)   Cited 31 times
    Finding that the litigation "substantially caused" the release of some documents even though others were released in the course of defendant’s administrative response

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

    5 U.S.C. § 552   Cited 12,159 times   556 Legal Analyses
    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