Legal Opinion
Steve Klein v. City of Laguna Beach
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided January 14, 2016No. 13-56973PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
GOULD, Circuit Judge:
Steve Klein filed this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 suit to invalidate aspects of Laguna Beach ordinances prohibiting the use of sound-amplification devices (“amplified speech”) on public sidewalks. After winning two appeals in this court, Klein was awarded nominal damages on three of his four as-applied claims. Klein then moved for attorneys’ fees under both state and federal law. The district court concluded that Klein was a prevailing party under 42 U.S.C. § 1988, but it denied attorneys’ fees per Farrar v. Hobby, 506 U.S. 103, 113 S.Ct. 566, 121 L.Ed.2d 494 (1992), which…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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- Hensley v. EckerhartSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Buckhannon Board & Care Home, Inc. v. West Virginia Dept. of Health and Human ResourcesSupreme Court of the United States · 2001
- Farrar v. HobbySupreme Court of the United States · 1992
- City of Riverside v. RiveraSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
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