John A. Hyde v. Daniel Small and Bill Hedgepath

How courts have described this case

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

• ruling that Farrar can apply when plaintiff receives a small monetary award (in. that case, $500) greater than $1
• ruling that Farrar can apply when plaintiff receives a small monetary award (in that case, $500) greater than $1
• explaining that a plaintiff likely needs “decreed declaratory or injunctive relief” or some other substantial benefit for fees when only nominal damages are awarded
• discussing the difficulty of defining “nominal,” i.e. “the equivalent of losing”
• where a plaintiff wins only nominal damages, a reasonable fee is “especially likely to be zero” unless the case establishes important precedent or awards equitable relief
• “[w]hen the civil rights plaintiff aims small, and obtains an amount that is significant in relation to that aim [it need not reach the target], he is prima facie entitled to an award of fees”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).