Laborers Funds of Northern California

14 Cited authorities

  1. Hensley v. Eckerhart

    461 U.S. 424 (1983)   Cited 22,459 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. Pierce v. Underwood

    487 U.S. 552 (1988)   Cited 9,422 times   10 Legal Analyses
    Holding that when Congress reenacts a statute without changing its language, and when there is no indication that “Congress thought it was doing anything ... except reenacting and making permanent” the earlier legislation, a court should not give weight to legislative history pertaining to the reenactment
  3. Missouri v. Jenkins

    491 U.S. 274 (1989)   Cited 2,393 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding that reasonable attorney's fees includes the costs of paralegals' time
  4. Webb v. Dyer Cty. Bd. of Educ.

    471 U.S. 234 (1985)   Cited 488 times
    Holding "action or proceeding" language authorizing attorney's fees under 42 U.S.C. § 1988 does not include optional administrative proceedings
  5. Nat'l Labor Relations Bd. v. Amax Coal Co.

    453 U.S. 322 (1981)   Cited 368 times
    Holding that a management-appointed trustee to a multiemployer pension plan could not be considered a management representative
  6. Iowa Exp. Distribution, Inc. v. N.L.R.B

    739 F.2d 1305 (8th Cir. 1984)   Cited 59 times
    Holding that unlawful motive is a critical inquiry in an alter ego analysis
  7. Nat'l Labor Relations Bd. v. Allied Products Corp.

    548 F.2d 644 (6th Cir. 1977)   Cited 70 times
    In NLRB v. Allied Prods. Corp., 548 F.2d 644 (6th Cir. 1977), the court upheld the NLRB's conclusion that the discontinuance of an annual review program violated the Act, while in NLRB v. Dothan Eagle, Inc., 434 F.2d 93 (5th Cir. 1970), the raises at issue were not "totally discretionary" but rather "automatic progression wage increases" of "10 to 15 cents per hour" that "were regularly granted every six months."
  8. Delaware Valley Citizens' Council for Clean Air v. Pennsylvania

    762 F.2d 272 (3d Cir. 1985)   Cited 49 times
    Holding that the same standards apply for setting "reasonable" attorney's fees under the Clean Air Act's fee shifting provision as under 42 U.S.C. § 1988
  9. Industrial Un. of Mar. Ship. W. v. N.L.R.B

    320 F.2d 615 (3d Cir. 1963)   Cited 63 times   4 Legal Analyses

    Nos. 14052, 14102. Argued May 21, 1963. Decided July 30, 1963. M.H. Goldstein, Philadelphia, Pa. (Goldstein Barkan, Michael Brodie, Philadelphia, Pa., on the brief), for petitioner, Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America, AFL-CIO. John H. Morse, New York City (Frank Cummings, New York City, Cravath, Swaine Moore, New York City, on the brief), for Bethlehem Steel Co. (Shipbuilding Division). Nancy M. Sherman, Washington, D.C. (Stuart Rothman, Gen. Counsel, Dominick L. Manoli

  10. N.L.R.B. v. Cauthorne

    691 F.2d 1023 (D.C. Cir. 1982)   Cited 24 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Ongoing liability for ULP ends when parties reach agreement or good-faith impasse
  11. Section 1983 - Civil action for deprivation of rights

    42 U.S.C. § 1983   Cited 514,050 times   719 Legal Analyses
    Holding liable any state actor who "subjects, or causes [a person] to be subjected" to a constitutional violation
  12. Section 1988 - Proceedings in vindication of civil rights

    42 U.S.C. § 1988   Cited 22,389 times   51 Legal Analyses
    Finding that 28 U.S.C. § 1920 defines the term "costs" as used in Rule 54(d) and enumerates the expenses that a federal court may tax as a cost under the discretionary authority granted in Rule 54(d)
  13. Section 504 - Costs and fees of parties

    5 U.S.C. § 504   Cited 663 times   6 Legal Analyses
    Authorizing payment of attorney's fees by the Government when a party prevails in a federal agency adjudication