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Perdue Vs. Kenny A.

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Apr 21, 2010

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  1. Gisbrecht Vs. Barnhart US Supreme Court · May 28, 2002
  2. Hensley Vs. Eckerhart US Supreme Court · May 16, 1983
  3. Blum Vs. Stenson US Supreme Court · Mar 21, 1984
  4. Burlington Vs. Dague US Supreme Court · Jun 24, 1992
  5. Perdue v. Kenny
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  6. A. - 08-970 (2010) Syllabus October Term, 2009 Perdue V. Kenny
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  7. and it is readily administrable, see, e.g., Burlington v. Dague
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  8. to induce a capable attorney to undertake the representation of a meritorious civil rights case, see Pennsylvania v. Delaware
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  9. s novelty and complexity, see, e.g., Blum v. Stenson
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  10. concurring in part and dissenting in part, in which Stevens, Ginsburg, and Sotomayor, JJ., joined. Perdue v. Kenny
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  11. A. - 08-970 (2010) Opinion of the Court Perdue V. Kenny
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  12. Supreme Court of the United States No. 08-970 Sonny Perdue, Governor of Georgia, Et Al., Petitioners V. Kenny
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  13. Id ., at 1225 (quoting Pennsylvania v. Delaware
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  14. And he reasoned that the District Court had contravened our holding in Burlington v. Dague
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  15. s fees and expenses, see Hensley v. Eckerhart
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  16. alternative, the lodestar approach, was pioneered by the Third Circuit in Lindy Bros. Builders, Inc. of Philadelphia v. American
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  17. after our decision in Hensley. Gisbrecht v. Barnhart
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  18. see also Buckhannon Board & Care Home, Inc. v. West
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  19. of settlement will have no way to estimate the likelihood of having to pay a potentially huge enhancement. See Marek v. Chesny
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  20. s fees is money that cannot be used for programs that provide vital public services. Cf. Horne v. Flores
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  21. Footnote 3 Virtually identical language appears in many of the federal fee-shifting statutes. See Burlington v. Dague
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  22. Brief for Respondents 14. But as we said in Blum v. Stenson
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  23. Footnote 6 See, e.g. , Salazar v. District
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  24. Laffey v. Northwest
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  25. to ensure that civil rights plaintiffs are adequately represented, not to provide such a windfall. Perdue v. Kenny
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  26. only in the rarest circumstances. With these comments, I join in full the opinion of the Court. Perdue v. Kenny
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  27. constitutional claims. Hensley v. Eckerhart
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  28. will in virtually every case already reflect all indicia of attorney performance relevant to a fee award. Perdue v. Kenny
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  29. A. - 08-970 (2010) Opinion of Breyer, J. Perdue V. Kenny
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  30. see also Pennsylvania v. Delaware
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  31. see also Glover v. United
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  32. s determination for an abuse of such discretion. See Pierce v. Underwood
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  33. see also General Elec. Co. v. Joiner
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  34. Newman v. Piggie
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  35. Texas State Teachers Assn. v. Garland
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  36. ND Ga. 2003). See Younger v. Harris
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  37. Rooker v. Fidelity
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  38. Trust Co., 263 U. S. 413 (1923), and District of Columbia Court of Appeals v. Feldman
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  39. Pennsylvania v. Delaware
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  40. Opinion of the Court Perdue V. Kenny
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  41. Petitioners V. Kenny
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  42. Lindy Bros. Builders, Inc. of Philadelphia v. American
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  43. Hensley. Gisbrecht v. Barnhart
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  44. Buckhannon Board & Care Home, Inc. v. West
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  45. See Marek v. Chesny
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  46. Cf. Horne v. Flores
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  47. See Burlington v. Dague
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  48. Salazar v. District
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  49. of the Court. Perdue v. Kenny
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  50. Opinion of Breyer, J. Perdue V. Kenny
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