2024 term · Roberts Court · vote not recorded
Lackey v. Stinnie
604 U.S. 192
The record
- Term
- 2024
- Decided
- Issue area
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- Vote split
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- Winning party
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- Decision direction
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- Chief Justice
- Roberts Court
- Disposition
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- Docket
- 23-621
- U.S. Reports
- 604 U.S. 192
- S. Ct. citation
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- LEXIS citation
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- Opinion by
- John G. Roberts
Holding
Plaintiffs who gained only preliminary injunctive relief before this action became moot do not qualify as “prevailing part[ies]” eligible for attorney’s fees under 42 U. S. C. §1988(b) because no court conclusively resolved their claims by granting enduring relief on the merits that altered the legal relationship between the parties.
How the bench divided
No per-justice vote lineup was available for this case.
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