· 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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