context: Having determined that Section 362(k)(l)'s award of attorneys' fees apply to prosecuting damages actions, we have no trouble concluding that defending that judgment on appeal is also within the statute's fee-shifting authorization. This Court has held many times that fee-shifting statutes--which Section 362(k) undoubtedly is--entitle parties not only to fees in the court of first instance, but also to appellate fees incurred in defending the judgment.
citation_a.signal: see
citation_a.identifier: 877 F.2d 1497, 1508
citation_a.parenthetical: holding that a plaintiff who prevailed on a 42 U.S.C. SS 1983 claim was "entitled to an award of attorney's fees incurred [on] appeal"
citation_a.sentence: See In re Rosenberg, 779 F.3d at 1265; Thompson v. Pharmacy Corp. of Am., Inc., 334 F.3d 1242, 1245 (11th Cir. 2003) (holding that “an attorney may recover fees for time spent litigating the award of a [11 U.S.C. § ] 1988 fee”); Finch v. City of Vernon, 877 F.2d 1497, 1508 (11th Cir. 1989) (holding that a plaintiff who prevailed on a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claim was “entitled to an award of attorney’s fees incurred [on] appeal”); see also Comm’r, INS v. Jean, 496 U.S. 154, 161-62, 110 S.Ct. 2316, 110 L.Ed.2d 134 (1990) (noting that fee-shifting statutes treat “a case as an inclusive whole, rather than as atomized line-items”).
citation_b.signal: see also
citation_b.parenthetical: noting that fee-shifting statutes treat "a case as an inclusive whole, rather than as atomized line-items"
citation_b.sentence: See In re Rosenberg, 779 F.3d at 1265; Thompson v. Pharmacy Corp. of Am., Inc., 334 F.3d 1242, 1245 (11th Cir. 2003) (holding that “an attorney may recover fees for time spent litigating the award of a [11 U.S.C. § ] 1988 fee”); Finch v. City of Vernon, 877 F.2d 1497, 1508 (11th Cir. 1989) (holding that a plaintiff who prevailed on a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claim was “entitled to an award of attorney’s fees incurred [on] appeal”); see also Comm’r, INS v. Jean, 496 U.S. 154, 161-62, 110 S.Ct. 2316, 110 L.Ed.2d 134 (1990) (noting that fee-shifting statutes treat “a case as an inclusive whole, rather than as atomized line-items”).