Riley v. City of Jackson, MS

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that Farrar did not control because it “is illustrative of cases where the plaintiff sought only money damages and was essentially unsuccessful”
• observing that \nominal relief does not necessarily a nominal victory make\
• understanding Farrar as “illustrative of cases where the plaintiff sought only money damages and was essentially unsuccessful since he did not achieve in any way the ultimate goal of the litigation”
• “If the Johnson factors are not evaluated and explained by the district court with a reasonable degree of specificity in making its fee award determination, the case will be remanded, if necessary, for an explanation to facilitate appellate review.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).