CRST Van Expedited, Inc. v. EEOC

CRST Van Expedited, Inc. v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 578 U.S. ___ (2016), was a United States Supreme Court case regarding whether a prevailing party must succeed on the merits to seek attorney's fees. In a unanimous decision authored by Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy, the Court held that a defendant need not succeed on the merits in order to be the prevailing party for the purposes of seeking attorney fees.[1]

CRST Van Expedited, Inc. v. EEOC
Argued March 28, 2016
Decided May 19, 2016
Full case nameCRST Van Expedited, Inc., Petitioner v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Docket no.14-1375
Citations578 U.S. ___ (more)
136 S. Ct. 1642; 194 L. Ed. 2d 707
Court membership
Chief Justice
John Roberts
Associate Justices
Anthony Kennedy · Clarence Thomas
Ruth Bader Ginsburg · Stephen Breyer
Samuel Alito · Sonia Sotomayor
Elena Kagan
Case opinions
MajorityKennedy, joined by unanimous
ConcurrenceThomas

Following the Supreme Court’s decision in CRST’s favor, the matter was remanded to the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals and back to the United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa for further proceedings. In December 2017, the District Court ordered the EEOC to pay CRST $3,317,289.67 in attorney fees.[2],[3] The EEOC appealed this order to the Eighth Circuit. The Eighth Circuit affirmed the fee award to CRST, which the EEOC paid in 2020.[4]

References
  1. "CRST Van Expedited, Inc. v. EEOC, Slip opinion" (PDF). 2016-05-19. Retrieved 2016-05-24.
  2. "NextGen | Northern District of Iowa-Confirm Request". ecf.iand.uscourts.gov. Retrieved 2021-01-15.
  3. "NextGen | Northern District of Iowa-Confirm Request". ecf.iand.uscourts.gov. Retrieved 2021-01-15.
  4. "NextGen | Northern District of Iowa-Confirm Request". ecf.iand.uscourts.gov. Retrieved 2021-01-15.
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