In a dispute over damages and attorney’s fees stemming from a Religious Freedom Restoration Act and tort action, district court judgment is vacated where that the district court assessment of the evidence was based on an improper interpretation of the interrogatories and verdict sheet and thus the court erred in attributing a portion of plaintiff’s tort award to her RFRA claim. On remand, the Hensley standard should guide the district court’s consideration of pendent state claims in a litigation where a plaintiff has prevailed on a fee-eligible federal claim.
Read Abdi Jama v. Esmor Correctional Services, Inc., No. 08-2500
Appellate InformationAppeal from the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey. Argued May 20, 2009Filed August 12, 2009
JudgesBefore RENDELL and GARTH, Circuit Judges, and VANASKIE, District Judge.Opinion by RENDELL Circuit Judge.Dissenting Opinion by GARTH, Circuit Judge.
CounselFor Appellant: James C. Owens, Virginia A. Seitz, Frank R. Volpe, Rebecca K. Wood, Sidley Austin LLP.
For Appellee: Drew Dorman, Derek S. Tarson, Justin P. Smith, Mary Beth Hogan, Alison J. Page, W. Barton Patterson, Erica Davila, Debevoise & Plimpton; Penny Venetis, Rutgers University.
You Don’t Have To Solve This on Your Own – Get a Lawyer’s Help
Civil Rights
Block on Trump’s Asylum Ban Upheld by Supreme Court
Criminal
Judges Can Release Secret Grand Jury Records
Politicians Can’t Block Voters on Facebook, Court Rules
