Legal Opinion
Cooper v. Singer
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided October 24, 1983No. Nos. 81-2016, 81-2113PublishedCited by 66 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McKAY, Circuit Judge.
The Civil Rights Attorney’s Fees Awards Act of 19761 provides that in federal civil rights actions “the court, in its discretion, may allow the prevailing party, other than the United States, a reasonable attorney’s fee as part of the costs.” 42 U.S.C. § 1988 (Supp. V 1981). We examine en banc the relationship between an attorney’s fee award granted under section 1988 and a percentage contingent fee agreement between the prevailing plaintiff and his attorney.
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The four plaintiffs in this action were employed by Rio Arriba County, New Mexico as ambulance drivers. They…
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- Schware v. Board of Bar Examiners of NMSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
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