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· 8/1/2005

James R. King v. Illinois State Board of Elections, David E. Murray, Lawrence E. Johnson v. Bobby Rush, Timuel Black, Al Johnson, Intervening

Citations

  • 410 F.3d 404

How courts have described this case

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

  • stating that in such cases, the party would not “deserve” fees
  • stating that in such cases, the party would not “deserve” fees
  • awarding fees to interveners because it promoted goals of fee-shifting provisions of the Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights Act
  • awarding fees to intervenors because it promoted goals of fee-shifting provisions of the Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights Act
  • surveying caselaw and concluding that “defendant-intervenors are, in some circumstances, entitled to attorneys’ fees under fee-shifting statutes”
  • determining prevailing-party status party by party

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Judges: Ripple, Wood, Evans

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