Legal Opinion
Venegas v. Mitchell
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided April 18, 1990No. 88-1725PublishedCited by 290 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice White
Under 42 U. S. C. § 1988 (1982 ed.), a court may award a reasonable attorney’s fee to the prevailing party in civil rights cases. We granted certiorari to resolve a conflict among the Courts of Appeals as to whether § 1988 invalidates contingent-fee contracts that would require a prevailing civil rights plaintiff to pay his attorney more than the statutory award against the defendant.
This dispute arises out of an action brought by petitioner Venegas under 42 U. S. C. §1983 (1982 ed.) in the United States District Court for the Central District of California, alleging that police officers of…
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