21 Cited authorities

  1. Hensley v. Eckerhart

    461 U.S. 424 (1983)   Cited 21,669 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. Buckhannon Board Care Home v. West Va. D.H.H.R

    532 U.S. 598 (2001)   Cited 3,819 times   17 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a party becomes a prevailing party once there is a "judicially sanctioned change in the legal relationship of the parties"
  3. Perdue v. Kenny A.

    559 U.S. 542 (2010)   Cited 2,492 times   13 Legal Analyses
    Holding that enhancement is permitted only in "rare circumstances in which the lodestar does not adequately take into account a factor that may properly be considered"
  4. Blum v. Stenson

    465 U.S. 886 (1984)   Cited 8,867 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”
  5. Farrar v. Hobby

    506 U.S. 103 (1992)   Cited 3,586 times   5 Legal Analyses
    Holding that an award of nominal damages, but not purely declaratory relief, suffices for prevailing party status
  6. Burlington v. Dague

    505 U.S. 557 (1992)   Cited 2,125 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the contingency aspect of a case cannot be considered when determining a statutory fee award
  7. Geier v. Sundquist

    372 F.3d 784 (6th Cir. 2004)   Cited 348 times
    Holding that an award of attorney's fees is not intended to serve as a windfall
  8. Gonter v. Hunt Valve

    510 F.3d 610 (6th Cir. 2007)   Cited 311 times
    Finding district court did not abuse its discretion in applying attorneys' historic 2004 rates, as opposed to rates from 2001, 2002, 2003, or 2005
  9. Northcross v. Board of Education

    611 F.2d 624 (6th Cir. 1979)   Cited 630 times
    Holding that a district court may cut hours for duplication, padding or frivolous claims
  10. Wooldridge v. Marlene Industries Corp.

    898 F.2d 1169 (6th Cir. 1990)   Cited 208 times
    Finding that, in order for the plaintiff to be a prevailing party, "there must be some actual benefit to the plaintiff either in terms of monetary damages, injunctive relief, or a voluntary change in a defendant's conduct"
  11. Rule 54 - Judgment; Costs

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 54   Cited 41,452 times   143 Legal Analyses
    Holding party seeking fees may additionally seek "nontaxable expenses"
  12. Section 1988 - Proceedings in vindication of civil rights

    42 U.S.C. § 1988   Cited 21,846 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)
  13. Section 3101.01 - Persons who may be joined in marriage - minor to obtain consent

    Ohio Rev. Code § 3101.01   Cited 47 times
    Providing that "[m]ale persons of the age of eighteen years, and female persons of the age of sixteen years, not nearer of kin than second cousins, and not having a husband or wife living, may be joined in marriage"