Thomas v. Bailey

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that public interest litigators should not be compensated at the rate provided for representing indigents, but should instead be fully compensated \at a reasonable rate\ to encourage public interest litigation
• stating that public interest litigators should not be compensated at the rate provided for representing indigents, but should instead be fully compensated \at a reasonable rate\ to encourage public interest litigation
• finding public interest plaintiff entitled to lodestar fees, but not risk-enhanced fees
• observing in public interest litigation that “an upward adjustment” in fees may be justified when “pertinent law is unclear at the outset of a case” (quoting Note, Court Awarded Attorney’s Fees and Equal Access to the Courts, 122 U. PA. L. REV. 636, 710-11 (1974))
• Trustees for Alaska challenging constitutionality of voter initiative qualifies as public interest litigant
• Trustees for Alaska challenging constitutionality of voter initiative qualifies as public interest litigant

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

20 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Municipality of Anchorage v. Gentile
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1996-08-16· cited 64×
• Kenai Lumber Co., Inc. v. LeResche
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1982-06-11· cited 50×
• Moses v. McGarvey
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1980-07-25· cited 48×
• Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1997-01-31· cited 39×
• F/V AMERICAN EAGLE v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1980-11-21· cited 37×
• Keane v. Local Boundary Commission
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1995-04-14· cited 34×
• Alaska Conservation Foundation v. Pebble Limited Partnership
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2015-05-29· cited 31×
• Wise Mechanical Contractors v. Bignell
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1986-05-09· cited 26×
• Era Aviation, Inc. v. Lindfors
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2001-02-27· cited 26×
• Gold Bondholders Protective Council v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co.
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1983-01-28· cited 23×
• Hickel v. Southeast Conference
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1994-02-18· cited 22×
• Krone v. State, Department of Health & Social Services
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2009-12-31· cited 19×
• Borkowski v. Snowden
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1983-06-03· cited 18×
• City of Yakutat v. Ryman
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1982-11-05· cited 18×
• Eyak Traditional Elders Council v. Sherstone, Inc.
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1995-10-20· cited 17×
• State, Department of Health & Social Services v. Okuley
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2009-06-26· cited 10×
• Whitson v. Anchorage
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1981-08-07· cited 3×
• Kenai Peninsula Borough v. Kenai Peninsula Board of Realtors, Inc.
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1982-10-15· cited 2×
• Sandra Rusch and Barbara Dockter v. Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium and Alaska National Insurance Company
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2022-09-30· cited 1×
• Krone v. STATE, DEP. OF HEAL. AND SOC. SER.
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2009-12-31

Cites

20 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Hanover Shoe, Inc. v. United Shoe MacHinery Corp.
  Supreme Court· 1968-10-14· cited 921×
• Hughes Tool Co. v. Trans World Airlines, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1973-03-05· cited 412×
• Trans World Airlines, Inc. v. Howard R. Hughes, and Hughes Tool Company and Raymond M. Holliday
  Second Circuit· 1971-09-01· cited 291×
• Wyatt v. Stickney
  M.D. Alabama· 1972-06-02· cited 111×
• Gilbert v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1974-09-30· cited 98×
• Unida v. Volpe
  N.D. California· 1972-10-19· cited 96×
• Jules E. Angoff v. Bernard Goldfine, Harold Brown v. Bernard Goldfine
  First Circuit· 1959-09-10· cited 75×
• Mobil Oil Corporation v. Local Boundary Commission
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1974-01-16· cited 71×
• The Hanover Shoe, Inc. v. United Shoe MacHinery Corporation, the Hanover Shoe, Inc. v. United Shoe MacHinery Corporation
  Third Circuit· 1967-04-11· cited 67×
• Cooper v. Carlson
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1973-07-16· cited 63×
• Anchorage v. McCabe
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1977-09-09· cited 60×
• Trans World Airlines, Inc. v. Hughes
  S.D. New York· 1970-04-13· cited 59×
• Continental Insurance Co. v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1976-08-04· cited 51×
• Arenson v. Board of Trade of City of Chicago
  N.D. Illinois· 1974-02-11· cited 46×
• Thomas v. Bailey
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1979-04-10· cited 43×
• Girves v. Kenai Peninsula Borough
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1975-06-13· cited 39×
• Hanover Shoe, Inc. v. United Shoe MacHinery Corporation
  M.D. Pennsylvania· 1965-08-12· cited 35×
• Munroe v. City Council for City of Anchorage
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1976-03-30· cited 22×
• Kelly Supply Company, Inc. v. City of Anchorage
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1973-12-17· cited 21×
• Munroe v. City Council for the City of Anchorage
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1976-03-30· cited 12×