Legal Opinion
Texas State Teachers Ass'n v. Garland Independent School District
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided March 28, 1989No. 87-1759PublishedCited by 1,688 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice O’Connor
We must decide today the proper standard for determining whether a party has “prevailed” in an action brought under certain civil rights statutes such that the party is eligible for an award of attorney’s fees under the Civil Rights Attorney’s Fees Awards Act of 1976, 90 Stat. 2641, 42 U. S. C. § 1988. This is an issue which has divided the Courts of Appeals both before and after our decision in Hensley v. Eckerhart, 461 U. S. 424 (1983). The Courts of Appeals for the Fifth and Eleventh Circuits require that a party succeed on the “central issue” in the litigation and achieve the “primary…
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