CRST Van Expedited, Inc. v. EEOC

CRST Van Expedited, Inc. v. EEOC
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued March 28, 2016 Decided May 19, 2016
Full case name	CRST Van Expedited, Inc., Petitioner v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Citations	578 U.S. ___ (more)
Court membership
Chief Justice John G. Roberts Associate Justices Anthony Kennedy Clarence Thomas · Ruth Bader Ginsburg Stephen Breyer · Samuel Alito Sonia Sotomayor · Elena Kagan
Case opinions
Majority	Kennedy, joined by unanimous
Concurrence	Thomas

CRST Van Expedited, Inc. v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, No. 14-1375 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]

References

1. "CRST Van Expedited, Inc. v. EEOC, Slip opinion" (PDF). 2016-05-19. Retrieved 2016-05-24.