Topic: prevailing plaintiffs and prevailing defendants are to be t… · Go Syfert
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2 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 11 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side — they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Fogerty v. Fantasy, Inc..

#Case FlagCanonical passage Citers
1 Fogerty v. Fantasy, Inc. Anchor
scotus · 1994
green “prevailing plaintiffs and prevailing defendants are to be treated alike, but attorney's fees are to be awarded to prevailing parties only as a matter of the court's discretion.” 7
2 Richard M. Perlman and Perlman Marketplace Investors v. Samuel Zell
ca7 · 1999
green “so perlman is a loser on the question whether this was a federal case.” 4

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