Legal Opinion
Marek v. Chesny
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 27, 1985No. 83-1437PublishedCited by 900 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Burger
We granted certiorari to decide whether attorney’s fees incurred by a plaintiff subsequent to an offer of settlement under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 68 must be paid by the defendant under 42 U. S. C. § 1988, when the plaintiff recovers a judgment less than the offer.
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Petitioners, three police officers, in answering a call on a domestic disturbance, shot and killed respondent’s adult son. Respondent, in his own behalf and as administrator of his son’s estate, filed suit against the officers in the United States District Court under 42 U. S. C. § 1983 and state tort law.
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