Legal Opinion
Hutchinson Ex Rel. Julien v. Patrick
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided February 17, 2011No. 10-1268PublishedCited by 105 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
This appeal requires us to consider the circumstances under which a litigant who obtains significant relief through a court-approved settlement, rather than a verdict or a formal consent decree, may achieve “prevailing party” status and, thus, become eligible for an award of attorneys’ fees under a typical federal fee-shifting statute. The appeal also requires us to consider when, short of the entry of a final judgment, “prevailing party” status may attach.
These questions (and the other questions before us) arise in the following setting. After the parties reached a…
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