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City of Riverside Vs. Rivera
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- Jun 27, 1986
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U.S. 561 (1986) U.S. Supreme Court City of Riverside v. RiveraSearch
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U.S. 561 (1986) City of Riverside v. RiveraSearch
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the Court of Appeals affirmed. This Court remanded for reconsideration in light of the intervening decision in Hensley v. EckerhartSearch
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Under Hensley v. EckerhartSearch
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Petitioners appealed only the attorney's fees award, which the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed. Rivera v. CitySearch
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the writ, vacated the Court of Appeals' judgment, and remanded the case for reconsideration in light of Hensley v. EckerhartSearch
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writ, 474 U.S. 917 (1985), and now affirm the Court of Appeals. II A In Alyeska Pipeline Service Co. v. WildernessSearch
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expressly endorse the analysis set forth in Johnson v. GeorgiaSearch
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seeks to vindicate important civil and constitutional rights that cannot be valued solely in monetary terms. See Carey v. PiphusSearch
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a plaintiff recovers contributes significantly to the deterrence of civil rights violations in the future. See McCann v. CoughlinSearch
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House Report at 2 (quoting Newman v. PiggieSearch
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Ibid. (quoting Van Davis Page 477 U. S. 576 v. CountySearch
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emphasis added)). The Senate Report specifically approves of the fee awards made in cases such as Stanford Daily v. ZurcherSearch
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Van Davis v. CountySearch
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and Swann v. Charlotte-MecklenburgSearch
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Senate Report at 2. See also Kerr v. QuinnSearch
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to award attorney's fees against plaintiffs who litigate frivolous or vexatious claims. See Christiansburg Garment Co. v. EEOCSearch
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after a pretrial settlement offer, where the judgment recovered by the plaintiff is less than the offer. Marek v. ChesnySearch
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See DeFilippo v. MorizioSearch
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Ramos v. LammSearch
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McCann v. CoughlinSearch
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Jones v. MacMillanSearch
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Basiardanes v. CitySearch
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Furtado v. BishopSearch
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Coop v. CitySearch
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Perez v. UniversitySearch
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Walston v. SchoolSearch
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Copeland v. MarshallSearch
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concurring in the judgment. I join only the Court's judgment. The plurality opinion reads our decision in Hensley v. EckerhartSearch
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On appeal, petitioners challenged only the fee award, and the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed. Rivera v. CitySearch
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the Court of Appeals' judgment, and remanded the case for reconsideration in light of Hensley Page 477 U. S. 583 v. EckerhartSearch
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Court. I see no basis on which this Court now could hold that these findings are clearly erroneous. See Anderson v. BessemerSearch
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asserted analogy to personal injury claims unpersuasive in this context. Cf. Memphis Community School Dist. v. StachuraSearch
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not explicit in this respect, it is clear that the increased filings of civil rights cases that began following Monroe v. PapeSearch
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JUSTICE REHNQUIST, with whom THE CHIEF JUSTICE, JUSTICE WHITE, and JUSTICE O'CONNOR join, dissenting. In Hensley v. EckerhartSearch
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claimed by respondents and their attorneys. The Ninth Circuit affirmed, Rivera v. CitySearch
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by including in its order a discussion of those factors in Hensley and Johnson v. GeorgiaSearch
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U.S. at 461 U. S. 434 , quoting Copeland v. MarshallSearch
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relief is the recovery of monetary damages by individual plaintiffs. Nor do we deal here with a case such as Carey v. PiphusSearch
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S.Rep. No. 94-1011, p. 6 (1976) (emphasis added), quoting Van Davis v. CountySearch
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Stanford Daily v. ZurcherSearch
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U.S. Supreme Court City of Riverside v. RiveraSearch
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Rivera v. CitySearch
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of Hensley v. EckerhartSearch
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the Court of Appeals. II A In Alyeska Pipeline Service Co. v. WildernessSearch
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