· 6/8/2005
Thomas v. City Of Tacoma
Citations
- 410 F.3d 644
- 2005 U.S. App. LEXIS 10595
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- stating a plaintiff can recover reasonable fees for prosecuting claims that are related 16 to the successful claims if they “involve a common core of facts or are based on related legal 17 theories” (quotation omitted)
- \At the heart of [the attorneys’ fees] inquiry is whether Plaintiff's ‘accomplishments in this case justify the fee amount requested.'\
- awards of attorney’s fees are “generally reviewed for an abuse of 5 discretion”
- “To deny an award of attorney’s fees notwithstanding Plaintiff’s clear vic- tory on one of his claims for relief is an abuse of discretion; a reasonable fee in this case is not no fee at all.”
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