Stanley Sterner v. Department of the Army

How courts have described this case

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• holding that the focus of the inquiry into the interest of justice is on the magnitude of the injustice done the employee
• “The determination of who prevailed is . . . only a threshold test of eligibility . . . .”
• “Eligibility [for an attorney fees award as a prevailing party] is broad, but the entitlement standard operates to limit it.”
• Allen guidelines reasonable and firmly based in the statute and legislative history
• Allen guidelines reasonable and firmly based in the statute and legislative history

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