CRST Van Expedited, Inc. v. EEOC
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CRST Van Expedited, Inc. v. EEOC | |||||
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Argued March 28, 2016 Decided May 19, 2016 |
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Full case name | CRST Van Expedited, Inc., Petitioner v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission | ||||
Citations | 578 U.S. ___ (more) | ||||
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Majority | Kennedy, joined by unanimous | ||||
Concurrence | Thomas |
CRST Van Expedited, Inc. v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, No. 14-1375 578 U.S. ___ (2016), was a United States Supreme Court case regarding whether a prevailing party must succeed on the merits to seek attorney's fees. In a unanimous decision authored by Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy, the Court held that a defendant need not succeed on the merits in order to be the prevailing party for the purposes of seeking attorney fees.[1]
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