· 12/18/2014
Rodolfo Sanchez v. Art Acevedo
Citations
- 774 F.3d 873
- 2014 U.S. App. LEXIS 23926
- 2014 WL 7234728
How courts have described this case
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- discussing the distinction between the availability of a fee award and the reasonableness of a fee request
- noting Title VII has a “nearly identical fee provision” as 42 U.S.C. § 1988(b)
- noting Title VII has a “nearly identical fee provision” as 42 U.S.C. § 1988(b)
- collecting cases demonstrating that fees must generally be awarded under § 1988
- “The special-circumstances exception is a narrow carve-out of the general rule that prevailing civil-rights plaintiffs should be awarded fees.” (emphasis added)
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Judges: King, Graves, Higginson
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