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Smith Vs. Robinson

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Jul 05, 1984

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  1. Maher Vs. Gagne US Supreme Court · Jun 25, 1980
  2. Hutto Vs. Finney US Supreme Court · Jun 23, 1978
  3. Blum Vs. Stenson US Supreme Court · Mar 21, 1984
  4. Monroe Vs. Pape US Supreme Court · Feb 20, 1961
  5. New York Gaslight Club, Inc. Vs. Carey US Supreme Court · Jun 09, 1980
  6. Maine Vs. Thiboutot US Supreme Court · Jun 25, 1980
  7. Hensley Vs. Eckerhart US Supreme Court · May 16, 1983
  8. U.S. 992 (1984) U.S. Supreme Court Smith v. Robinson
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  9. U.S. 992 (1984) Smith v. Robinson
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  10. a statute that does not provide for the payment of attorney's fees, petitioners were not entitled to such fees. Smith v. Cumberland
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  11. School Committee, 703 F.2d 4 (1983). Petitioners insist that this Court's decision in Maher v. Gagne
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  12. agency. On June 3, 1980, the Rhode Island Supreme Court issued an opinion answering the certified questions. Smith v. Cumberland
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  13. named as parties to the federal litigation. App. to Pet. for Cert. A31-A58. Relying on New York Gaslight Club, Inc. v. Carey
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  14. U. S. 54 (1980), and its own opinion in Turillo v. Tyson
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  15. claim. The Court of Appeals reversed. Smith v. Cumberland
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  16. attorney's fees are available as a general matter only when statutory authority so provides. Alyeska Pipeline Co. v. Wilderness
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  17. claim arising from the same nucleus of facts, a fee award is appropriate. Maher v. Gagne
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  18. The Court of Appeals drew support for its conclusion from this Court's decision in Middlesex County Sewerage Authority v. National
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  19. II Petitioners insist that the Court of Appeals simply ignored the guidance of this Court in Maher v. Gagne
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  20. U.S. at 448 U. S. 133 , n. 15, quoting H.R.Rep. No. 94-1558, p. 4, n. 7 (1976), in turn quoting Mine Workers v. Gibbs
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  21. courts to award attorney's fees to plaintiffs seeking to vindicate federal constitutional and statutory rights. Maine v. Thiboutot
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  22. quoting Newman v. Piggie
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  23. that authority extinguished by the fact that the case was settled or resolved on a nonconstitutional ground. Maher v. Gagne
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  24. but also to the relationship between the claims on which effort was expended and the ultimate relief obtained. Hensley v. Eckerhart
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  25. distinctly different facts and legal theories from the claims on the basis of which relief was awarded. Hensley v. Eckerhart
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  26. right to a free appropriate public education. See Board of Education of Hendrick Hudson Central School Dist. v. Rowley
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  27. Board of Education of Hendrick Hudson Central School Dist. v. Rowley
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  28. has stood as an independent safeguard against deprivations of federal constitutional and statutory rights. See Patsy v. Florida
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  29. Mitchm v. Foster
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  30. The crucial consideration is what Congress intended. See Brown v. GSA
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  31. Johnson v. Railway
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  32. In Southeastern Community College v. Davis
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  33. Board of Education v. Rowley
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  34. H.R.Rep. No. 94-1558, at 4, n. 7. v. The
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  35. purported to award relief on the basis of state law. In light of the decision in Pennhurst State School and Hospital v. Halderman
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  36. free appropriate public education required by the statute. Board of Education of Hendrick Hudson Central School Dist. v. Rowley
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  37. Quackenbush v. Johnson
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  38. Department of Education of Hawaii v. Katherine
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  39. Robert M. v. Benton
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  40. Hymes v. Harnett
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  41. Anderson v. Thompson
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  42. emphasis added). In Maine v. Thiboutot
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  43. are reasonably related to the plaintiff's ultimate success. See S.Rep. No. 94-1011, p. 6 (1976), citing Davis v. County
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  44. CD Cal.1974). See also Hensley v. Eckerhart
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  45. action. See, e.g., Quackenbush v. Johnson
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  46. it is clear that the claims that provide for attorney's fees had nothing to do with a plaintiff's success, Hensley v. Eckerhart
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  47. claim. See Turillo v. Tyson
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  48. App. to Pet. for Cert. A40. Because exhaustion was required, the court, relying on New York Gaslight Club, Inc. v. Carey
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  49. suit. See Patsy v. Florida
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  50. deprivations or to remedy the wrong done is presumed to be available in cases within their jurisdiction. See Bell v. Hood
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