Legal Opinion
San Francisco National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. San Francisco Unified School District
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided April 1, 2002No. 00-16864PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
D.W. NELSON, Circuit Judge:
In this case we decide whether a civil rights plaintiff, based solely on its status as a prevailing party in an original action, may be eligible to recover attorney’s fees under 42 U.S.C. § 1988 for defending its consent decree from a collateral attack brought by a third party in a subsequent action. We hold that it may, but we affirm the district court’s denial of fees in this case as a valid exercise of the district court’s discretion.
FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
The San Francisco National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (“NAACP”) appeals the…
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