Legal Opinion
Greater Los Angeles Council on Deafness v. Community Television
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 18, 1987No. Nos. 86-5525, 86-5559PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FARRIS, Circuit Judge:
INTRODUCTION
The Government defendants — the Department of Education, the Federal Communications Commission, the Department of Health and Human Services, and the Attorney General — appeal an award of $484,901.50 in attorney’s fees to plaintiffs’ counsel under provisions of the Rehabilitation Act and the Equal Access to Justice Act. We agree with the district court that the plaintiffs “prevailed” for the purposes of attorney’s fees, but the award must be reduced to reflect the limited success that plaintiffs achieved in this litigation.
*219BACKGROUND
Section 504 of the…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Hensley v. EckerhartSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Blum v. StensonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- United States v. Winston Bryant McConneyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1984
- Library of Congress v. ShawSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Clark v. City of Los AngelesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1986
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Rufus E. Cunningham v. County of Los Angeles, and Richard Eiden, Real-Party-In-Interest-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1989
- Oregon Environmental Council v. KunzmanCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1987
- Oliver v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1990
- Greater Los Angeles Council on Deafness Marcella M. Meyer Sue Gottfried v. Community Television of Southern California James L. Loper William J. Lamb U.S. Dept. Of Health, Education & Welfare Federal Communications Commission Corporation for Public Broadcasting Public Broadcasting Service California Public Broadcasting-Commission, Greater Los Angeles Council on Deafness, Incorporated, a California Nonprofit Corporation Marcella M. Meyer and Sue Gottfried, for Themselves & in Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated v. Community Television of Southern California, Doing Business as Kcet, and Federal Communications Commission Department of Education, and Department of Health & Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1987
- Joseph Toussaint v. Daniel McCarthyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1987
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