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19 May 2016, 5:40 pm by Seyfarth Shaw LLP
  First, CRST argued that the Eighth Circuit’s rule that a prevailing defendant may recover fees only when a case is decided “on the merits” has no basis in the statute, conflicts with Christiansburg Garment Co. v. [read post]
23 May 2016, 8:26 am by Joy Waltemath
“The congressional policy regarding the exercise of district court discretion in the ultimate decision whether to award fees does not distinguish between merits-based and nonmerits-based judgments,” the Court stated, noting that as it explained in Christiansburg Garment Co. v. [read post]
9 Sep 2013, 1:10 pm by Epstein Becker Green
It had long been argued by attorneys representing employees in these types of cases that Section 218.5 should be interpreted to mean that a prevailing employer would only be entitled to its fees if the employee’s suit was found to be frivolous, unreasonable, or without foundation – a standard announced in Christiansburg Garment Co. v. [read post]
28 Apr 2008, 6:02 am
Supreme Court's decision in Christiansburg Garment Co. v. [read post]
20 May 2016, 1:54 pm by Kathy Kapusta
“The congressional policy regarding the exercise of district court discretion in the ultimate decision whether to award fees does not distinguish between merits-based and nonmerits-based judgments,” the Court stated, noting that as it explained in Christiansburg Garment Co. v. [read post]
18 May 2009, 9:05 pm
Dept. of Housing & Urban Dev., 717 F.2d 929, 931 (4th Cir. 1983) (quoting Christiansburg Garment Co. v. [read post]
10 Jan 2011, 12:24 pm by Richard Renner
The majority's opinion is not quite long enough to cite Christiansburg Garment Co. v. [read post]
8 May 2014, 9:21 am by Gene Quinn
We have twice declined to construe fee-shifting provisions narrowly on the basis that doing so would render them superfluous, given the background exception to the American rule, see Christiansburg Garment Co. v. [read post]
22 Jan 2016, 8:12 am by John Elwood
Wisconsin, 15-214, escaped fate as fodder for a dissent from denial of cert.; the case asks whether two legally distinct but commonly owned contiguous parcels can be combined for regulatory takings analysis under Penn Central Transportation Co. v. [read post]
9 Feb 2012, 9:37 am by Brian Wolfman
Taniguchi cites the Court’s landmark ruling in Alyeska Pipeline Service Co. v. [read post]