Everything you need to know about seeking or opposing attorney's fees under Section 1983 Section 1983 Litigation, Volume 2: Statutory Attorney's Fees, Third Edition by Martin A. Schwartz, John E. Kirklin List Price: $205.00   Eligible for Free Standard Shipping on U.S. Prepaid Orders Imprint: Aspen Publishers ISBN: 9780735511873 Hardcover: 672 pages Publication Cycle: Supplemented twice a year Last Updated: 6/17/2010 Automatic Supplementation More Info. Available: Item ships in 3-5 Business Days

This volume examines the attorney's fees stage of a Section 1983 case. Attorney's fees are of immense practical importance to litigants and attorneys involved in state or federal litigation, especially concerning claims in which congressional fee-shifting statutory provisions apply. Since you could win or lose considerably more for your client in the attorney's fee stage of the case than in the underlying case, you'll need this guide to stay on top of the latest developments on attorney's fees, and to argue your positions more effectively. This volume shows you everything on seeking or opposing attorney's fees under Section 1983. You can easily use the information to evaluate statutory fee issues arising in other similar federal fee-shifting statutes. Also available as part of the Section 1983 Litigation Complete Six-Volume Set. Section 1988 Attorney's Fees: Introduction and Background Qualifying the Successful Civil Rights Plaintiff for Section 1988 Fees - Prevailing Party Requirement Denying Section 1988 Fees to the Prevailing Plaintiff: Special Circumstances and Defendants' Immunities Determination of Compensable Hours Determining the Reasonableness of Hourly Rates Downward Adjustments to the Lodestar Upward Adjustments to the Lodestar Other Factors Affecting Amount and Allocation of Section 1988 Fee Award Negotiating and Settling 1988 Fees Awarding Section 1988 Fees to Successful Defendants Procedural Aspects of Requesting, Litigating and, and Collecting Section 1988 Fees Appendices Index Section 1983 Litigation Law Complete Six-Volume Set Martin A. Schwartz, John E. Kirklin, George C. Pratt Written by a team on nationally known experts, the Section 1983 Litigation Complete Six-Volume Set is the essential reference tool that allows you to deal successfully with every aspect of Section 1983 litigation. If you work on cases involving Section 1983 , you'll find all the legal author more... Add to cart   |  Price: $1,055.00  |  ISBN: 9780735513440  |  Format: Looseleaf  Imprint: Aspen Publishers  Section 1983 Litigation, Volume 1, 1A and 1B: Claims and Defenses, Fourth Edition Martin A. Schwartz In this invaluable three-volume set, you'll get an analysis of every aspect of the statute from the plaintiffs' and defendants' side of the courtroom - from direction on potential to considerations about choice of forum. This reference also gives you citations to state and district court decisions  more... Add to cart   |  Price: $570.00  |  ISBN: 9780471117612  |  Format: Looseleaf  Imprint: Aspen Publishers  Section 1983 Litigation, Volume 3: Federal Evidence, Fourth Edition Martin A. Schwartz This volume provides practical guidance that will save you research time on evidentiary issues relevant to Section 1983 actions including relevance, expert testimony, evidentiary privileges, and oral testimony. The author also gives you clear analysis on physical evidence, hearsay, admissibility  more... Add to cart   |  Price: $205.00  |  ISBN: 9780735567740  |  Format: Looseleaf  Imprint: Aspen Publishers