Hensley v. Eckerhart
461 U.S. 424 (1983) Cited 21,561 times 7 Legal AnalysesHolding 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 8,811 times 4 Legal AnalysesHolding 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”
Imwalle v. Reliance Medical Products
515 F.3d 531 (6th Cir. 2008) Cited 897 times 2 Legal AnalysesHolding fee award was not an abuse of discretion because "[u]nlike the plaintiff in Farrar, Imwalle was able to prove an 'actual, compensable injury'"
Adcock-Ladd v. Secretary of Treasury
227 F.3d 343 (6th Cir. 2000) Cited 561 timesHolding that reasonable hourly rates should be set by reference to rates in the court's vicinage rather than in the lawyer's region of origin
Geier v. Sundquist
372 F.3d 784 (6th Cir. 2004) Cited 348 timesHolding that an award of attorney's fees is not intended to serve as a windfall
Thurman v. Yellow Freight Systems, Inc.
90 F.3d 1160 (6th Cir. 1996) Cited 387 timesHolding that district court does not have discretion to set off collateral source income
Coulter v. Tennessee
805 F.2d 146 (6th Cir. 1986) Cited 482 timesHolding that a district court may apply an across-the-board reduction based on "excessive or duplicative hours" and approving a 50% across-the-board reduction where "duplication of effort is a serious problem"
Walburn v. Lockheed Martin Corp.
431 F.3d 966 (6th Cir. 2005) Cited 228 times 11 Legal AnalysesHolding earlier complaint could not preempt a later-filed action under the first-to-file bar where it failed to comply with Rule 9(b)
U. Slate, Tile Composition v. G M Roofing
732 F.2d 495 (6th Cir. 1984) Cited 369 timesHolding that “the determination of a reasonable fee is to be conducted by the district court regardless of any contract between plaintiff and plaintiff's counsel”
Isabel v. City of Memphis
404 F.3d 404 (6th Cir. 2005) Cited 190 times 4 Legal AnalysesHolding plaintiff's success on one of four claims did not justify reducing attorney's fees
Rule 54 - Judgment; Costs
Fed. R. Civ. P. 54 Cited 41,171 times 141 Legal AnalysesHolding party seeking fees may additionally seek "nontaxable expenses"
Section 1920 - Taxation of costs
28 U.S.C. § 1920 Cited 12,475 times 91 Legal AnalysesReferring only once to "expenses," and doing so solely to refer to special interpretation services provided in actions initiated by the United States
Section 3729 - False claims
31 U.S.C. § 3729 Cited 6,731 times 626 Legal AnalysesHolding liable "any person" who knowingly causes false claims to be presented
Section 3730 - Civil actions for false claims
31 U.S.C. § 3730 Cited 5,359 times 430 Legal AnalysesGranting the government primary responsibility for conducting suit