(DOWNLOAD) "American Council of Blind of Colorado Inc. v. Romer" by United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit * Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: American Council of Blind of Colorado Inc. v. Romer
- Author : United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
- Release Date : January 20, 1993
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 65 KB
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The United States Supreme court has granted certiorari and remanded this case in light of its recent decision in Farrar v. Hobby, 506 U.S. , 121 L. Ed. 2d 494, 113 S. Ct. 566 (1992). In Farrar, it was held in a case in which judgment was entered on the merits that a one-dollar nominal damage award was sufficient to make the recipient a prevailing party and satisfied that prong of 42 U.S.C. § 1988. In then considering the reasonable attorney's fee prong of § 1988, the Supreme Court affirmed the denial of any attorney's fee in the case in which there was a request for seventeen million dollars in damages with a recovery of one dollar. Farrar stated that ""in some circumstances, even a plaintiff who formally 'prevails' under § 1988 should receive no attorney's fees at all."" Farrar, 113 S. Ct. at 575 .