Supreme Court· 3/21/1984
Blum v. Stenson
Citations
- 465 U.S. 886
- 104 S. Ct. 1541
- 79 L. Ed. 2d 891
- 1984 U.S. LEXIS 47
- 52 U.S.L.W. 4377
- 33 Empl. Prac. Dec. (CCH) 34,226
- 34 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 417
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- holding that reasonable fees in federal civil rights action are to be calculated according to prevailing market rates in relevant community
- holding that \`reasonable fees' under § 1988 are to be calculated according to the prevailing market rates in the relevant community\
- holding that “ ‘reasonable fees’ under § 1988 are to be calculated according to the prevailing market rates in the relevant community”
- holding that the petitioner for an award of attorneys’ fees bears the responsibility of showing the reasonableness of the requested rates
- holding that public-interest attorneys are entitled to the same statutory fees as private attorneys, even though they are willing to represent these plaintiffs for a lower fee
- recognizing that under the common fund doctrine, “a reasonable fee is based on a percentage of the fund bestowed upon the class.”
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Judges: Powell, Brennan, Marshall
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- Missouri v. Jenkins Ex Rel. AgyeiSupreme Court· 1989-06-19· cited 1,583×
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- Mattie Norman, Clara Marshall, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated v. The Housing Authority of the City of MontgomeryEleventh Circuit· 1988-02-01· cited 1,349×
- City of Riverside v. RiveraSupreme Court· 1986-06-27· cited 1,221×
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- Smith v. RobinsonSupreme Court· 1984-07-05· cited 994×
- Pennsylvania v. Delaware Valley Citizens' Council for Clean AirSupreme Court· 1987-06-26· cited 955×
- Hines ex rel. Sevier v. Secretary of the Department of Health & Human ServicesCourt of Claims· 1991-04-02· cited 878×
- Pulliam v. AllenSupreme Court· 1984-05-14· cited 857×
- Dale Wells, William Hlywa v. Louis W. Sullivan, M.D., Secretary of Health and Human Services, Appeal of John S. HoggSecond Circuit· 1990-06-29· cited 852×
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Cites
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- Alyeska Pipeline Service Co. v. Wilderness SocietySupreme Court· 1975-05-12· cited 4,586×
- Johnson v. Georgia Highway Express, Inc.Fifth Circuit· 1974-01-21· cited 3,561×
- City of Detroit v. Grinnell Corporation, Manhattan-Ward, Incorporated v. Grinnell Corporation, 1225 Vine Street Building, Inc. v. Grinnell CorporationSecond Circuit· 1974-03-13· cited 1,333×
- Kerr v. Screen Extras Guild, Inc.Ninth Circuit· 1975-11-28· cited 1,048×
- Dolores J. Copeland, Individually and on Behalf of the Class of All Others Similarly Situated v. F. Ray Marshall, Secretary of LaborD.C. Circuit· 1980-09-02· cited 989×
- Zurcher v. Stanford DailySupreme Court· 1978-10-02· cited 910×
- Lorraine Evans v. Sheraton Park Hotel Lorraine Evans v. Sheraton Park Hotel, Hotel & Restaurant Employees and Bartenders International UnionD.C. Circuit· 1974-09-12· cited 158×
- The Stanford Daily v. James Zurcher, Individually and as Chief of Police of the City of Palo Alto, County of Santa Clara, State of CaliforniaNinth Circuit· 1977-03-28· cited 133×
- Murray Tillman v. Wheaton-Haven Recreation Association, Inc.Fourth Circuit· 1975-06-13· cited 119×
- Ben Collins v. John NagleSixth Circuit· 1989-12-22· cited 102×
- Perkins v. Screen Extras Guild, Inc.Supreme Court· 1976-04-26· cited 48×
- Stenson v. BlumS.D. New York· 1979-09-18· cited 38×
- Stenson v. BlumS.D. New York· 1981-03-26· cited 34×
- Stenson v. BlumSecond Circuit· 1980-04-16· cited 8×
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