Petition of the day

By John Ehrett
on Dec 1, 2015 at 11:00 pm

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The petition of the day is:

Shelby County, Alabama v. Lynch

15-583

Issue: Whether a district court can refuse to apply the Newman v. Piggie Park Enterprises, Inc. standard based on its value judgment that Congress would not have wanted Shelby County to recover its attorney’s fees.

Recommended Citation: John Ehrett, Petition of the day, SCOTUSblog (Dec. 1, 2015, 11:00 PM), https://www.scotusblog.com/2015/12/petition-of-the-day-884/