Howard Hatfield, Et Ux. v. James R. Hayes

How courts have described this case

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

• finding no special circumstances existed which would support the denial of reasonable attorney’s fees
• judicially created “special circumstances” exception to award of attorney fees under civil rights attorney fees statute should be narrowly construed
• interpreting 42 U.S.C. § 1988 (1989)
• interpreting 42 U.S.C. § 1988 (1989)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).