Sentences with phrase «prevailing plaintiff in the suit»
Eddy Curry's Chicago injury lawyer, Mark Belongia, said his client and the prevailing plaintiff in the suit have agreed to a payment plan and that he already has made the first installment.
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2205 (2011)[U.S. Supreme Ct.]; author — Justice Kagan: «But for» test applies when determining whether a prevailing defendant should recover fees in a plaintiff's civil rights suit involving both frivolous and nonfrivolous claims, rejecting the district court's use of a «focus» test.
A study commissioned by the American Constitution Society reveals that, based on data from 1979 to 2006, plaintiffs who brought employment discrimination suits in federal district courts prevailed only 15 percent of the time, compared to 51 percent for non-employment related cases.
On Tuesday, May 29, 2012, the United States Supreme Court granted certiorari from the Tenth Circuit's decision in Marx v. General Revenue Corp., U.S. No. 11 - 1175, to determine whether a prevailing defendant can be awarded routine costs (not attorney's fees) against a losing plaintiff in a Fair Debt Collection Practice Act (FDCPA) case where the plaintiff was found to have brought the suit in good faith.