UNITED STATES

v.

BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF SHEFFIELD, ALABAMA, ET AL.

Citator

Cited By

• Christiansburg Garment Co. v. Equal Emp. Opportunity Comm'n, 434 U.S. 412 (U.S. 1978)
  …s/’ the District Court concluded that “an award of attorney’s fees to petitioner is not justified in this case.” 4 A divided Court of Appeals affirmed, 550 F. 2d 949 (CA4), and we granted cer-tiorari to consider an important question of federal law, 432 U. S. 905. II It is the general rule in the United States that in the absence of legislation providing otherwise, litigants must pay their own attorney’s fees. Alyeska Pipeline Co. v. Wilderness Society, 421 U. S. 240. Congress has provided only limited exc…
• United States v. MacDONALD, 435 U.S. 850 (U.S. 1978)
  …ssenting judge without addressing the jurisdictional issue, concluded that respondent’s right to a speedy trial had not been violated. Id., at 209. Because of the importance of the jurisdictional question to the criminal law, we granted certiorari. 432 U. S. 905 (1977). II This Court frequently has considered the appealability of pretrial orders in criminal cases. See, e. g., Abney v. United States, 431 U. S. 651 (1977); DiBella v. United States, 369 U. S. 121 (1962); Parr v. United States, 351 U. S. 513…
• Greene v. Massey, 437 U.S. 19 (U.S. 1978)
  …onviction, and that the Florida Supreme Court had “review power at least equal to that possessed by this Court [of Appeals] under § 2106,” ibid., the court held that a new trial had been a constitutionally permissible remedy. We granted certiorari, 432 U. S. 905 (1977), to review the judgment of the United States Court of Appeals. II In Burks v. United States, ante, p. 1, decided today, we have held that the Double Jeopardy Clause precludes a second trial once a reviewing court has determined that the evi…