State v. County of Mercer

How courts have described this case

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• holding that the plaintiff was the prevailing party under § 1988 because he had obtained declaratory and injunctive relief, even though his case was later rendered moot
• finding an award of declaratory and injunctive relief established prevailing-party status despite mootness on appeal
• noting to meet adequacy, the class representative’s interests must be consistent with those of the class, and class counsel must be qualified and competent
• plaintiff was a prevailing party because it obtained declaratory and injunctive relief, even though the case was later rendered moot
• “Even preliminary or temporary relief granted by the district court may be sufficient to make a plaintiff a ‘prevailing party’ under section 1988.”
• award of declaratory and injunctive relief sufficient to establish prevailing party

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).