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CITY OF RIVERSIDE v. RIVERA

No. 85-224.

477 U.S. 561 (1986)

106 S.Ct. 2686

91 L.Ed.2d 466

CITY OF RIVERSIDE ET AL. v. RIVERA ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 27, 1986

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jonathan Kotler argued the cause and filed briefs for petitioners.

Gerald P. Lopez argued the cause and filed a brief for respondents.*

Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed for Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc., et al. by Abby R. Rubenfeld; and for the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., by Julius LeVonne Chambers and Charles Stephen Ralston.

Paul M. Smith and Joseph N. Onek filed a brief for the Washington Council of Lawyers et al. as amici curiae.

JUSTICE BRENNAN announced the judgment of the Court and delivered an opinion in which JUSTICE MARSHALL, JUSTICE BLACKMUN, and JUSTICE STEVENS join.

The issue presented in this case is whether an award of attorney's fees under 42 U. S. C. § 1988 is per se "unreasonable" within the meaning of the statute if it exceeds the amount of damages recovered by the plaintiff in the underlying civil rights action.

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