Does a reasonable attorney's fee have to be paid by the prevailing party in a civil rights case?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Mock v. County Of Los Angeles, B217502, No. BC365462 (Cal. App. 2010):
... of this title, title IX of Public Law 92-318..., [or] title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964..., the court, in its discretion, may allow the prevailing party, other than the United States, a reasonable attorney's fee as part of the costs." ( 1988(b), fn. omitted; Farrar v. Hobby (1992) 506 U.S. 103, 109.)
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