What is the test for "litigation which achieves some of the benefit" of a plaintiff's claim?

MultiRegion, United States of America

The following excerpt is from Passantino v. Johnson and Johnson, 212 F.3d 493 (9th Cir. 2000):

litigation which achieves some of the benefit" of her suit. Hensley v. Eckerhart, 461 U.S. 424, 433 (1983). The district court did not abuse its discretion.

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