Davis v. Abbott

(1) Under what circumstances are plaintiffs who obtain preliminary relief in cases that do not proceed to final judgment prevailing parties eligible for an award of attorneys" fees? and (2) whether the simplicity of a legal claim is a factor relevant only to the amount of fees awarded as the Third and Tenth Circuits have held and as this Court and others have suggested, or whether "simple" legal claims, otherwise made eligible for fees by Congress, involve insufficient "merits" analysis to trigger prevailing party status, as the Fifth Circuit held.