Legal Opinion
Watson v. County of Riverside
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 20, 2002No. Nos. 01-56214, 01-56298PublishedCited by 69 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SILVERMAN, Circuit Judge.
We hold today that a plaintiff who succeeds in obtaining a preliminary injunction can be deemed a “prevailing party” for purposes of 42 U.S.C. § 1988, even though he did not recover other relief sought in the lawsuit. We also hold that a district court does not abuse its discretion when it declines to assess against a defendant attorney’s fees incurred by a plaintiff in opposing a motion to intervene brought by strangers to the lawsuit.
I. Facts
Tracy Watson, a former Riverside County deputy sheriff, participated in a highly publicized vehicle chase that…
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