De Jesus Nazario v. Morris Rodriguez

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• stating that the special circumstances justifying denial of attorneys' fees are \few and far between\
• explaining that “the sorts of ‘special circumstances’ that would permit the outright denial of a fee award . . . are few and far between”
• stating that “a defendant’s good faith is ‘by itself not a special circumstance justifying a denial of attorney’s fees’” and neither is “a defendant’s ‘good faith reliance even on settled law’” (citations omitted)
• discussing 1991 case where “the plaintiffs attorney performed a veritable smorgasbord of pre-trial services, which were worthy of some significant compensation”
• “ ‘burden is on the defendant to show that unusual conditions would make an award unjust or inappropriate’ ”
• in assessing results obtained, “we look to a combination of the plaintiffs claim-by-claim success, the relief achieved, and the societal importance of the rights vindicated”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).