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· 8/19/1998

Shaw v. Hunt

Citations

  • 154 F.3d 161
  • 1998 U.S. App. LEXIS 20228
  • 1998 WL 512927

How courts have described this case

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

  • noting that \persons within the generic category of plaintiff-intervenors have often been found by courts to fit within the rubric `prevailing party' for fees purposes\
  • noting that \persons within the generic category of plaintiff-intervenors have often been found by courts to fit within the rubric ‘prevailing party’ for fees purposes\
  • noting that “a plaintiff without standing will not be able to recover fees” under § 1988 “because the possession of Article III standing is interwoven into the very concept of plaintiff status”
  • stating that \a plaintiff without standing will not be able to recover fees . . . because the possession of Article III standing is interwoven into the very concept of plaintiff status\
  • awarding attorneys’ fees to plaintiff-intervenors without standing only because other plaintiffs in the suit had standing
  • intervenors do not need to show stand- ing to obtain attorney’s fees under 42 U.S.C. § 1988

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