Sternberg v. Fletcher

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that photocopying is exactly \the sort of expense[] that may ordinarily be recovered\
• noting that courts award “those reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by attorneys and ordinarily charged to their clients” (quoting U.S. Football League v. Nat’l Football League, 887 F.2d 408, 416 (2d Cir. 1989))
• vacating district court’s denial of fees where plaintiff sought and received injunctive relief, despite seeking and failing to receive compensatory and punitive damages
• “The district court retains discretion to determine, under all the circumstances, what constitutes a ‘reasonable’ fee.”
• “[A]ttorney’s fees awards include those reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by attorneys and ordinarily charged to their clients.”
• “The district court retains discretion to determine, under all the circumstances, what constitutes a ‘reasonable’ fee.”

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Cited by

66 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Millea v. Metro-North Railroad
  Second Circuit· 2011-08-08· cited 853×
• Gierlinger v. Gleason
  Second Circuit· 1998-11-05· cited 341×
• Porzig v. Dresdner, Kleinwort, Benson, North America LLC
  Second Circuit· 2007-08-07· cited 218×
• Marisol A. Ex Rel. Forbes v. Giuliani
  S.D. New York· 2000-08-30· cited 67×
• Hugee v. Kimso Apartments, LLC
  E.D. New York· 2012-04-03· cited 66×
• Gonzalez v. Scalinatella, Inc.
  S.D. New York· 2015-06-12· cited 62×
• Healey v. Leavitt
  Second Circuit· 2007-04-17· cited 48×
• Farbotko v. Clinton County
  Second Circuit· 2005-12-23· cited 47×
• Green v. Torres
  Second Circuit· 2004-03-11· cited 44×
• A.R. ex rel. R.V. v. New York City Department of Education
  Second Circuit· 2005-05-10· cited 44×
• Wise v. Kelly
  S.D. New York· 2008-02-21· cited 42×
• Kahlil v. Original Old Homestead Restaurant, Inc.
  S.D. New York· 2009-09-30· cited 41×
• Savoie v. Merchants Bank
  Second Circuit· 1999-01-28· cited 39×
• Samms v. Abrams
  S.D. New York· 2016-07-28· cited 28×
• Parker v. Town of Swansea
  D. Massachusetts· 2004-02-05· cited 27×
• E.S. Ex Rel. B.S. v. Katonah-Lewisboro School District
  S.D. New York· 2011-04-20· cited 26×
• Febus v. Guardian First Funding Group, LLC
  S.D. New York· 2012-06-22· cited 26×
• Morris v. Eversley
  S.D. New York· 2004-11-09· cited 24×
• Houston v. Cotter
  E.D. New York· 2017-02-14· cited 22×
• Meacham v. Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory
  N.D. New York· 2002-02-13· cited 17×

Cites

35 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Hensley v. Eckerhart
  Supreme Court· 1983-05-16· cited 17,202×
• Blum v. Stenson
  Supreme Court· 1984-03-21· cited 7,642×
• Cooter & Gell v. Hartmarx Corp.
  Supreme Court· 1990-06-11· cited 4,510×
• Johnson v. Georgia Highway Express, Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 1974-01-21· cited 3,561×
• Farrar v. Hobby
  Supreme Court· 1992-12-14· cited 3,072×
• Texas State Teachers Ass'n v. Garland Independent School District
  Supreme Court· 1989-03-28· cited 1,755×
• Pennsylvania v. Delaware Valley Citizens' Council for Clean Air
  Supreme Court· 1986-07-02· cited 1,746×
• Missouri v. Jenkins Ex Rel. Agyei
  Supreme Court· 1989-06-19· cited 1,583×
• Joann S. Reed, Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross-Appellant v. A.W. Lawrence & Co., Inc., Defendant-Appellant-Cross-Appellee
  Second Circuit· 1996-09-11· cited 519×
• LeBlanc-Sternberg v. Fletcher
  Second Circuit· 1995-09-21· cited 250×
• LeBlanc-Sternberg v. Fletcher
  Second Circuit· 1998-05-13· cited 249×
• Marjorie Reichman v. Bonsignore, Brignati & Mazzotta P.C. Bonsignore, Brignati & Mazzotta P.C. Pension Plan
  Second Circuit· 1987-05-11· cited 212×
• Maria Difilippo and Raina Difilippo, by Her Mother and Next Friend Maria Difilippo, Cross-Appellees v. Tullio Morizio, Cross-Appellant
  Second Circuit· 1985-04-05· cited 186×
• Patricia McCardle Plaintiff-Appellant-Cross-Appellee v. Jonathan Haddad, Defendant-Appellee-Cross-Appellant
  Second Circuit· 1997-11-21· cited 140×
• Doreen Pino v. Raymond Locascio, New York Hospital, Cornell Medical Center, Westchester Division
  Second Circuit· 1996-11-25· cited 132×
• Lunday v. City Of Albany
  Second Circuit· 1994-12-08· cited 109×
• Caisse Nationale De Credit Agricole-Cnca, New York Branch v. Valcorp, Inc., Peter R. Sarasohn, Esq. And Mitchell B. Seidman, Esq.
  Second Circuit· 1994-06-29· cited 108×
• Cabrera v. Jakabovitz
  Second Circuit· 1994-05-05· cited 107×
• Dean v. Coughlin
  Second Circuit· 1986-10-28· cited 106×
• Myron S. ASTON, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Defendant-Appellant
  Second Circuit· 1986-12-24· cited 99×

Other cases named Sternberg v. Fletcher

1 other CourtListener record shares this case name.

• Sternberg v. Fletcher
  Second Circuit· 1998-05-13· cited 26×