Hewitt v. Helms

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1987-06-19

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Justice Scalia delivered the opinion of the Court. This case presents the peculiar-sounding question whether a party who litigates to judgment and loses on all of his claims can nonetheless be a “prevailing party” for purposes of an award of attorney’s fees. Following a prison riot at the Pennsylvania State Correctional Institution at Huntingdon, inmate Aaron Helms was placed in administrativ…

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