Susan A. Alizadeh v. Safeway Stores, Inc.

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• suggesting that the Court should consider the losing party’s “present or prospective ability ... to pay” an attorney’s fee award (emphasis added)
• instructing the district court, on remand, to take additional evidence, affidavits, or the like, in order to determine the fee amount in light of the non-prevailing party’s limited financial resources and inability to pay
• district court did not abuse discretion in awarding fees for unsuccessful appellate work, where party went on to win at trial and become “prevailing party in all respects”
• fees awarded for work on appeal which resulted in reversal of summary judgment in favor of Safeway, which then prevailed at trial; ultimate success on merits made award of \fees for the entire course of the litigation\ reasonable exercise of district court's discretion
• fees awarded for work on appeal which resulted in reversal of summary judgment in favor of Safeway, which then prevailed at trial; ultimate success on merits made award of \fees for the entire course of the litigation\ reasonable exercise of district court's discretion

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