Legal Opinion
Juan Manuel Morales v. City of San Rafael and Daniel Hulett
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided January 13, 1997No. 94-15523PublishedCited by 380 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REINHARDT, Circuit Judge:
This case involves a dispute as to the proper method of determining a reasonable attorney’s fee for a prevailing civil rights plaintiff. The history of the case is as follows:
Morales sued the City of San Rafael (“City”) and a San Rafael police officer, Sergeant Daniel Hulett, alleging that Hulett unlawfully arrested Morales without an arrest warrant and without probable cause in violation of 42 U.S.C. § 1988 and state law. Based upon Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Services, 436 U.S. 658, 98 S.Ct. 2018, 56 L.Ed.2d 611 (1978), the district court dismissed…
2Cases cited24 opinions
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- Hensley v. EckerhartSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Farrar v. HobbySupreme Court of the United States · 1992
- City of Burlington v. DagueSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
- City of Riverside v. RiveraSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
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3Cited by380 opinions
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