United States Reports: Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court, Volume 473U.S. Government Printing Office, 1988 |
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... plaintiff in a § 1983 suit , such fees are subject to the cost - shifting provision of Rule 68 . Rather than ... plaintiffs to bring meritorious civil rights suits ; Rule 68 simply encourages settlements . Pp . 7-11 . 720 F. 2d 474 ...
... plaintiff in a § 1983 suit , such fees are subject to the cost - shifting provision of Rule 68 . Rather than ... plaintiffs to bring meritorious civil rights suits ; Rule 68 simply encourages settlements . Pp . 7-11 . 720 F. 2d 474 ...
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... plaintiff subsequent to an offer of settlement under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 68 must be paid by the defendant under 42 U. S. C. § 1988 , when the plaintiff recovers a judgment less than the offer . I Petitioners , three police ...
... plaintiff subsequent to an offer of settlement under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 68 must be paid by the defendant under 42 U. S. C. § 1988 , when the plaintiff recovers a judgment less than the offer . I Petitioners , three police ...
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... plaintiff all " costs " incurred subse- quent to an offer of judgment not exceeded by the ultimate recovery at trial ... plaintiffs and counsel in a " predicament " that " cuts against the grain of section 1988. " Id . , at 478 , 479 ...
... plaintiff all " costs " incurred subse- quent to an offer of judgment not exceeded by the ultimate recovery at trial ... plaintiffs and counsel in a " predicament " that " cuts against the grain of section 1988. " Id . , at 478 , 479 ...
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... plaintiff possibly assess whether it would be wise to accept the offer . He apparently bases this argument on the language of the Rule providing that the de- fendant " may serve upon the adverse party an offer to allow judgment to be ...
... plaintiff possibly assess whether it would be wise to accept the offer . He apparently bases this argument on the language of the Rule providing that the de- fendant " may serve upon the adverse party an offer to allow judgment to be ...
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... plaintiff accepts the offer , the judgment will necessarily include costs ; if the offer does not state that costs are included and an amount for costs is not specified , the court will be obliged by the terms of the Rule to include in ...
... plaintiff accepts the offer , the judgment will necessarily include costs ; if the offer does not state that costs are included and an amount for costs is not specified , the court will be obliged by the terms of the Rule to include in ...
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Page 381 - No tax in any amount, large or small, can be levied to support any religious activities or institutions, whatever they may be called, or whatever form they may adopt to teach or practice religion.
Page 367 - Experience should teach us to be most on our guard to protect liberty when the Government's purposes are beneficent. Men born to freedom are naturally alert to repel invasion of their liberty by evil-minded rulers. The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well-meaning but without understanding.
Page 95 - Provided, That this paragraph shall not impair the right of a labor organization to prescribe its own rules with respect to the acquisition or retention of membership therein...
Page 313 - First, the private interest that will be affected by the official action; second, the risk of an erroneous deprivation of such interest through the procedures used, and the probable value, if any, of additional or substitute procedural safeguards; and finally, the Government's interest, including the function involved and the fiscal and administrative burdens that the additional or substitute procedural requirement would entail.
Page 86 - ... to threaten, coerce, or restrain any person engaged in commerce or in an industry affecting commerce, where in either case an object thereof is — • • • • • "(B) forcing or requiring any person to cease using, selling, handling, transporting, or otherwise dealing in the products of any other producer, processor, or manufacturer, or to cease doing business with any other person...
Page 41 - The Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure of the Judicial Conference of the United States in its second preliminary draft of proposed amendments to the Rules of Criminal Procedure for the United States District Courts...
Page 101 - ... Employees shall have the right to self-organization, to form, join, or assist labor organizations, to bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing, and to engage in other concerted activities for the purpose of collective bargaining or other mutual aid or protection, and shall also have the right to refrain from any or all of such activities...
Page 25 - All citizens of the United States shall have the same right, in every State and Territory, as is enjoyed by white citizens thereof to inherit, purchase, lease, sell, hold, and convey real and personal property.
Page 95 - This section makes it an unfair labor practice for a union "to restrain or coerce employees in the exercise of the rights guaranteed in section 157 of this title".
Page 56 - Any claim arising in respect of the assessment or collection of any tax or customs duty, or the detention of any goods or merchandise by any officer of customs or excise or any other law-enforcement officer.