Supreme Court· 6/19/1987

Hewitt v. Helms

Citations

482 U.S. 755
107 S. Ct. 2672
96 L. Ed. 2d 654
1987 U.S. LEXIS 2726
55 U.S.L.W. 4907
44 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 15

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holding that a plaintiff must “receive at least some relief on the merits of his claim before he can be said to prevail”
holding that a plaintiff must \receive at least some relief on the merits of his claim before he can be said to prevail\
holding that a plaintiff must “receive at least some relief on the merits of his claim before he can be said to prevail”
holding that the judicial pronouncement must settle a dispute \which affects the behavior of the defendant towards the plaintiff\
holding that, in a § 1983 action for alleged due process violations, the plaintiff was not a prevailing party for purposes of § 1988(b
holding that an interlocutory ruling that reverses a dismissal for failure to state a claim “is not the stuff of which legal victories are made”

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