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John B. Knott, Complainant, v. Patrick R. Donahoe, Postmaster General, United States Postal Service, (Capital Metro Area), Agency.

0720100049 (E.E.O.C. Jul. 5, 2011)
John B. Knott, Complainant, v. Patrick R. Donahoe, Postmaster General, United States Postal Service, (Capital Metro Area), Agency.

9 Cited authorities

  1. Hensley v. Eckerhart

    461 U.S. 424 (1983)   Cited 22,338 times   7 Legal Analyses
    Holding a civil-rights plaintiff can recover attorney's fees for claims that "involve a common core of facts or will be based on related legal theories," even if only one of those claims arises under a fee-shifting statute

  2. Buckhannon Board Care Home v. West Va. D.H.H.R

    532 U.S. 598 (2001)   Cited 3,970 times   17 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a party becomes a prevailing party once there is a "judicially sanctioned change in the legal relationship of the parties"

  3. Blum v. Stenson

    465 U.S. 886 (1984)   Cited 9,146 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Holding that fee shifting is “to be calculated according to the prevailing market rates in the relevant community, regardless of whether plaintiff is represented by private or nonprofit counsel”

  4. Universal Camera Corp. v. Nat'l Labor Relations Bd.

    340 U.S. 474 (1951)   Cited 9,707 times   3 Legal Analyses
    Holding that court may not "displace the Board's choice between two fairly conflicting views, even though the court would justifiably have made a different choice had the matter been before it de novo "

  5. Pullman-Standard v. Swint

    456 U.S. 273 (1982)   Cited 1,630 times   5 Legal Analyses
    Holding that "[w]hen an appellate court discerns that a district court has failed to make a finding because of an erroneous view of the law, the usual rule is that there should be a remand for further proceedings to permit the trial court to make the missing findings"

  6. Weaver v. Casa Gallardo, Inc.

    922 F.2d 1515 (11th Cir. 1991)   Cited 218 times
    Finding evidence to support finding that supervisors, who engaged in increased scrutiny of the plaintiff but had not made the termination decision, had influenced the decisionmaker

  7. Section 2000e-16 - Employment by Federal Government

    42 U.S.C. § 2000e-16   Cited 5,057 times   20 Legal Analyses
    Adopting provisions of § 2000e-5(f)-(k), including that "[e]ach United States district court . . . shall have jurisdiction of actions brought under this subchapter"

  8. Section 1614.501 - Remedies and relief

    29 C.F.R. § 1614.501   Cited 45 times   3 Legal Analyses
    Incorporating § 1920 into the regulations

  9. Section 550.801 - Applicability

    5 C.F.R. § 550.801   Cited 12 times

    (a) This subpart contains regulations of the Office of Personnel Management to carry out section 5596 f title 5, United States Code, which authorizes the payment of back pay, interest, and reasonable attorney fees for the purpose of making an employee financially whole (to the extent possible) when, on the basis of a timely appeal or an administrative determination (including a decision relating to an unfair labor practice or a grievance), the employee is found by an appropriate authority to have