Betty J. Ashley v. Atlantic Richfield Company

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• \nuisance settlement\ inquiry not to be undertak- en as part of \prevailing party\ determination, but as part of \special circumstances\ determination, and stating that \the focus should be on the lack of merit in the plaintiff's case\
• settlement agreement initially released defendant from liability for attorneys’ fees
• where plaintiffs sought to eliminate all race and gender-conscious affirmative action provisions in consent decrees, they obtained cognizable relief of the same general type when the result of the litigation restricted the scope and duration of the affirmative action provisions of the decrees
• where plaintiffs sought to eliminate all race and gender-conscious affirmative action provisions in consent decrees, they obtained cognizable relief of the same general type when the result of the litigation restricted the scope and duration of the affirmative action provisions of the decrees

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