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Line 1: − '''''The Civil Rights Attorney's Fees Awards Act''''' of 1976 added [[Section 1988]] to [[Title 42]] of the [[United States Code]], and mandated that the prevailing party in a claim under [[Section 1983]] to vindicate civil rights may obtain, in the discretion of the court, reimbursement of his [[attorney]]s fees.+ − − This rule was then expanded to ''all'' [[Section 1983]] claims, including those based on violation of any federal statute, by a divided [[U.S. Supreme Court]] in ''[[Maine v. Thiboutot]]'' (1980). − − Note that this doctrine is contrary to the standard [[American Rule]] that requires each party to bear his own attorneys' fees in [[litigation]]. Now there are more than 100 federal statutes that authorize courts to award reasonable attorneys' fees to prevailing parties, contrary to the traditional American Rule. − [[category:Section 1983]]
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