Snell v. Reno Hilton Resort’s Empirical Analysis
1996
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 3 district · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1988
Relies on Hensley v. Eckerhart · Blum v. Stenson · Price Waterhouse v. Hopkins · Christiansburg Garment Co. v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission · Farrar v. Hobby
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Ms. Snell, the prevailing party, has achieved only partial or limited success. The jury did find that defendant discriminated against plaintiff. Because the jury also concluded that the adverse employment actions would have occurred even absent the impermissible discrimination, as a matter of law plaintiff was not entitled to damages or back pay. Because this litigation only concerned the past actions of the defendant towards this plaintiff, and the plaintiff no longer works for the defendant, injunctive relief was not appropriate. Plaintiffs success is nothing more than the satisfaction of having her belief that she was the victim of illegal employment discrimination validated by the jury’s verdict. Under Hensley , if the court were consider only the “level of success” achieved by plaintiff, the fee award would be de minimis.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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