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· 6/4/2007

Sole v. Wyner

Citations

  • 551 U.S. 74
  • 127 S. Ct. 2188
  • 167 L. Ed. 2d 1069
  • 2007 U.S. LEXIS 6962
  • 75 U.S.L.W. 4394
  • 43 A.L.R. Fed. 2d 707
  • 20 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. S 319

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that one who obtains a preliminary injunction but fails to secure a permanent injunction is not a prevailing party
  • holding that prevailing party status “does not attend achievement of a preliminary injunction that is reversed, dissolved, or otherwise undone by the final decision in the same case”
  • holding that interim awards of attorney's fees are inappropriate where the only relief obtained is a preliminary injunction, which may be subsequently overturned on the merits
  • holding that prevailing party status “does not attend achievement of a preliminary injunction that is reversed, dissolved, or otherwise undone by the final decision in the same case”
  • holding that plaintiff who secures preliminary injunction does not qualify as prevailing party entitled to § 1988(b) award of attorney's fees \if the merits of the case are ultimately decided against her\
  • holding that prevailing party status “does not attend achievement of a preliminary injunction that is reversed, dis- solved, or otherwise undone by the final decision in the same case”

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Judges: Ginsburg, Ginsbubg

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