Section 1983 litigation
Subtitle: Statutory attorney's fees
By: Martin A. Schwartz, John E. Kirklin
Contributors: Kirklin, John E.
Edition: 4th ed.
Publisher: Wolters Kluwer Law & Business
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781454801719
Subjects: State action (Civil rights); Actions and defenses
Other titles: Statutory attorney's fees
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Fundamental principles; title: "Prevailing party": qualifying successful civil rights plaintiffs for 1988 attorney's fees; title: Denying 1988 fees to the prevailing plaintiff: special circumstances and defendants' immunities; title: Determination of compensable hours; title: Determining the reasonableness of hourly; title: Downward adjustments to the lodestar; title: Upward adjustments to the lodestar; title: Other factors affecting amount and allocation of section 1988 fee award; title: Negotiating and settling section 1988 fees; title: Prevailing defendants' fee eligibility; title: Procedural aspects of requesting, litigating, and collecting section 1988 fees.