Difference between revisions of "Civil Rights Attorney's Fees Awards Act"

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-'''''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.
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-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]]