United States Supreme Court

In a 42 U.S.C. section1988 dispute involving a claim for attorney's fees, judgment of the appeals court affirm award of fees without differentiating between time spent on frivolous and non-frivolous claims is reversed because when a plaintiff's suit involves both frivolous and non-frivolous claims, a court may grant reasonable fees to the defendant, but only for costs that the defendant would not have incurred but for the frivolous claims.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/06/2011
• Published 06/06/2011

Judges

• KAGAN

Court

• United States Supreme Court

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