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Maine Women's Lobby Legislative Alert (1989 - August) No. 6, Maine Women's Lobby Staff

Maine Women's Publications - All

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Maine Women's Lobby Legislative Alert (1989 - March) No. 2, Maine Women's Lobby Staff

Maine Women's Publications - All

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Maine Women's Lobby Legislative Alert (1989 - January) No, 1, Maine Women's Lobby Staff

Maine Women's Publications - All

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Structure And Process, Politics And Policy: Administrative Arrangements And The Political Control Of Agencies, Mathew D. Mccubbins, Roger D. Noll, Barry R. Weingast

Faculty Scholarship

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The Supreme Court's Denial Of Reasonable Attorney's Fees To Prevailing Civil Rights Plaintiffs, Jean R. Sternlight

Scholarly Works

The Supreme Court, through a series of recent decisions has effectively overridden Congress’ dictate that prevailing civil rights plaintiffs are entitled to recover reasonable attorney’s fees and costs. The solution to the current crisis lies not in reluctant court-appointed attorneys, but rather in a broad-based reform of the law regarding court-awarded attorney’s fees.

This article argues that only action by Congress will suffice to override the Supreme Court’s erroneous ruling and ensure just compensation for civil rights attorneys. Absent such legislation, it seems virtually certain that both the quantity and quality of civil rights litigation will continue to decrease. Fewer …