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Smith Vs. Robinson
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- US Supreme Court
- Jul 05, 1984
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U.S. 992 (1984) U.S. Supreme Court Smith v. RobinsonSearch
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U.S. 992 (1984) Smith v. RobinsonSearch
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a statute that does not provide for the payment of attorney's fees, petitioners were not entitled to such fees. Smith v. CumberlandSearch
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School Committee, 703 F.2d 4 (1983). Petitioners insist that this Court's decision in Maher v. GagneSearch
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agency. On June 3, 1980, the Rhode Island Supreme Court issued an opinion answering the certified questions. Smith v. CumberlandSearch
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named as parties to the federal litigation. App. to Pet. for Cert. A31-A58. Relying on New York Gaslight Club, Inc. v. CareySearch
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U. S. 54 (1980), and its own opinion in Turillo v. TysonSearch
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claim. The Court of Appeals reversed. Smith v. CumberlandSearch
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attorney's fees are available as a general matter only when statutory authority so provides. Alyeska Pipeline Co. v. WildernessSearch
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claim arising from the same nucleus of facts, a fee award is appropriate. Maher v. GagneSearch
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The Court of Appeals drew support for its conclusion from this Court's decision in Middlesex County Sewerage Authority v. NationalSearch
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II Petitioners insist that the Court of Appeals simply ignored the guidance of this Court in Maher v. GagneSearch
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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. GibbsSearch
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courts to award attorney's fees to plaintiffs seeking to vindicate federal constitutional and statutory rights. Maine v. ThiboutotSearch
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quoting Newman v. PiggieSearch
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that authority extinguished by the fact that the case was settled or resolved on a nonconstitutional ground. Maher v. GagneSearch
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but also to the relationship between the claims on which effort was expended and the ultimate relief obtained. Hensley v. EckerhartSearch
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distinctly different facts and legal theories from the claims on the basis of which relief was awarded. Hensley v. EckerhartSearch
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right to a free appropriate public education. See Board of Education of Hendrick Hudson Central School Dist. v. RowleySearch
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Board of Education of Hendrick Hudson Central School Dist. v. RowleySearch
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has stood as an independent safeguard against deprivations of federal constitutional and statutory rights. See Patsy v. FloridaSearch
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Mitchm v. FosterSearch
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The crucial consideration is what Congress intended. See Brown v. GSASearch
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Johnson v. RailwaySearch
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In Southeastern Community College v. DavisSearch
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Board of Education v. RowleySearch
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H.R.Rep. No. 94-1558, at 4, n. 7. v. TheSearch
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purported to award relief on the basis of state law. In light of the decision in Pennhurst State School and Hospital v. HaldermanSearch
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free appropriate public education required by the statute. Board of Education of Hendrick Hudson Central School Dist. v. RowleySearch
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Quackenbush v. JohnsonSearch
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Department of Education of Hawaii v. KatherineSearch
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Robert M. v. BentonSearch
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Hymes v. HarnettSearch
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Anderson v. ThompsonSearch
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emphasis added). In Maine v. ThiboutotSearch
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are reasonably related to the plaintiff's ultimate success. See S.Rep. No. 94-1011, p. 6 (1976), citing Davis v. CountySearch
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CD Cal.1974). See also Hensley v. EckerhartSearch
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action. See, e.g., Quackenbush v. JohnsonSearch
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it is clear that the claims that provide for attorney's fees had nothing to do with a plaintiff's success, Hensley v. EckerhartSearch
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claim. See Turillo v. TysonSearch
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App. to Pet. for Cert. A40. Because exhaustion was required, the court, relying on New York Gaslight Club, Inc. v. CareySearch
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suit. See Patsy v. FloridaSearch
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deprivations or to remedy the wrong done is presumed to be available in cases within their jurisdiction. See Bell v. HoodSearch
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