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Hiken et al v. Department of Defense et al

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24 Cited authorities

  1. Hensley v. Eckerhart

    461 U.S. 424 (1983)   Cited 21,567 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. Riverside v. Rivera

    477 U.S. 561 (1986)   Cited 1,415 times
    Holding a defendant is not liable for § 1988 attorney fees which are incurred after a Rule 68 offer of judgment "where the judgment recovered by the plaintiff is less than the offer"

  3. Gates v. Deukmejian

    987 F.2d 1392 (9th Cir. 1992)   Cited 1,683 times
    Holding that the district court did not abuse its discretion by applying exception to the forum rule where local counsel were unavailable

  4. Welch v. Metropolitan Life

    480 F.3d 942 (9th Cir. 2007)   Cited 943 times
    Holding district court on remand could reduce requested rates based on "evidence that undermines the reasonableness of the rate requested" although the party opposing the request for fees had not previously introduced any evidence undermining requested rates

  5. Robinson v. Equifax Information

    560 F.3d 235 (4th Cir. 2009)   Cited 846 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding that plaintiff provided sufficient proof of emotional distress caused by FCRA violation

  6. United Steelworkers v. Phelps Dodge Corp.

    896 F.2d 403 (9th Cir. 1990)   Cited 718 times
    Holding that the district court must “presume ... reasonable” an uncontested market fee rate supported by sufficient evidence

  7. Weisberg v. Dept. of Justice

    745 F.2d 1476 (D.C. Cir. 1984)   Cited 811 times
    Holding that the requestor pretermitted the administrative process by filing suit before the agency had time to respond

  8. Prison Legal News v. Schwarzenegger

    608 F.3d 446 (9th Cir. 2010)   Cited 332 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that fees for monitoring of settlement agreement may be awarded pursuant to § 1988

  9. IN RE WASHINGTON PUBLIC POWER SUPPLY SYS. LIT

    19 F.3d 1291 (9th Cir. 1994)   Cited 539 times
    Holding that the district court "abuse[d] its discretion in refusing to reconsider its initial decision in light of additional documentation . . . provided by the . . . firm in support of its motion for reconsideration"

  10. Schwarz v. Secretary of Health Human

    73 F.3d 895 (9th Cir. 1995)   Cited 500 times
    Holding that exception to forum rule was inapplicable where the plaintiff's own declaration, the only evidence in support of an exception, showed only that she had difficulty obtaining local counsel

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

    5 U.S.C. § 552   Cited 12,169 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