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Supreme Court· 6/27/1985

Marek v. Chesny

Citations

  • 473 U.S. 1
  • 105 S. Ct. 3012
  • 87 L. Ed. 2d 1
  • 1985 U.S. LEXIS 81
  • 1 Fed. R. Serv. 3d 1297
  • 53 U.S.L.W. 4903
  • 37 Empl. Prac. Dec. (CCH) 35,396
  • 38 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 124

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  • holding that an award of costs under Fed.R.Civ.P. 68 includes attorneys fees in actions governed by the Civil Rights Attorneys’ Fees Awards Act
  • holding that plaintiffs who reject Rule 68 offers equal to or greater than the amounts they eventually are awarded may not recover post-offer costs
  • holding that term \costs\ includes attorney's fees when underlying statute giving rise to cause of action defines costs to include attorney's fees
  • holding that compensation for attorney hours expended subsequent to rejected Rule 68 offer were subject to lodestar calculation and “reasonableness test”
  • concluding that attorney’s fees in civil rights cases are subject to the cost-shifting provisions of Rule 68
  • holding that the term “costs” in Rule 68 includes attorneys’ fees and that, therefore, prevailing civil rights plaintiffs “who reject an offer more favorable than what is thereafter recovered at trial will not recover attorney’s fees for services performed after the offer is rejected”

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Judges: Burger, White, Powell, Rehnquist, Stevens, O'Connor, Brennan, Marshall, Black-Mun

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