missouri jenkins argued february decided june major school desegregation litigation kansas city missouri various desegregation remedies granted state missouri defendants plaintiff class represented kansas city lawyer benson naacp legal defense educational fund ldf benson ldf requested attorney fees civil rights attorney fees awards act provides respect litigation discretion may allow prevailing party reasonable attorney fee part costs calculating hourly rates benson associates ldf attorneys fees district took account delay payment using current market rates rather applicable time services rendered benson ldf employed numerous paralegals law clerks recent law graduates awarded fees work based market rates using current rather historic rates order compensate delay payment appeals affirmed held eleventh amendment prohibit enhancement fee award state compensate delay payment amendment application award attorney fees ancillary grant prospective relief state hutto finney follows true calculation amount fee adjustment delay payment appropriate factor determining constitutes reasonable attorney fee pp district correctly compensated work paralegals law clerks recent law graduates market rates services rather cost attorneys clearly reasonable attorney fee used meant compensate work performed personally members bar rather term must refer reasonable fee attorney work product thus must take account work attorneys also work paralegals like reasonable attorney fee one calculated basis rates practices prevailing relevant market one grants successful civil rights plaintiff fully compensatory fee comparable traditional attorneys compensated client case practice relevant market bill work paralegals separately district decision award separate compensation paralegals law clerks recent law graduates prevailing market rates fully accord pp brennan delivered opinion white blackmun stevens kennedy joined parts iii scalia joined filed opinion concurring part dissenting part scalia joined rehnquist joined part post rehnquist filed dissenting opinion post marshall took part consideration decision case bruce farmer assistant attorney general missouri argued cause petitioners brief william webster attorney general terry allen deputy attorney general michael boicourt bart matanic assistant attorneys general jay topkis argued cause respondents brief julius levonne chambers charles stephen ralston arthur benson ii russell lovell ii theodore shaw john devault iii filed brief national association legal assistants amicus curiae urging affirmance justice brennan delivered opinion attorney fee aftermath major school desegregation litigation kansas city missouri granted certiorari resolve two questions relating fees litigation stat amended first eleventh amendment prohibit enhancement fee award state compensate delay payment second fee award compensate work paralegals law clerks applying market rate work litigation began suit kansas city missouri school district kcmsd school board children two school board members state missouri defendants plaintiffs alleged state surrounding school districts various federal agencies caused perpetuated system racial segregation schools kansas city metropolitan area sought various desegregation remedies kcmsd subsequently realigned nominal defendant class present future kcmsd students certified plaintiffs lengthy proceedings including trial lasted months district found state missouri kcmsd liable dismissing suburban school districts federal defendants ordered various intradistrict remedies paid state kcmsd including million capital improvements plan costing million see jenkins missouri en banc cert denied jenkins missouri cert granted plaintiff class represented since kansas city lawyer arthur benson since naacp legal defense educational fund ldf benson ldf requested attorney fees civil rights attorney fees awards act footnotes calculating hourly rate benson fees noted market rate kansas city attorneys benson qualifications range per hour found benson rate fall higher end range based upon expertise area civil rights calculated fees basis even higher hourly rate however three additional factors preclusion employment undesirability case delay payment benson services also took account delay payment setting rates several benson associates using current market rates rather applicable time services rendered reason calculated fees ldf attorneys current market rates benson ldf employed numerous paralegals law clerks generally law students working part time recent law graduates litigation awarded fees work based kansas city market rates categories case attorneys used current rather historic market rates order compensate delay payment therefore awarded fees based hourly rates law clerks paralegals recent law graduates appeals affirmed respects ii grant certiorari extends two issues raised state missouri missouri first contends state consistent principle sovereign immunity found embodied eleventh amendment compelled pay attorney fee enhanced compensate delay payment question requires us examine intersection two precedents hutto finney library congress shaw hutto finney lower courts awarded attorney fees state arkansas part pursuant connection litigation conditions confinement state prisons state contended award subject eleventh amendment constraints actions damages payable state treasury relied rejecting contention distinction drawn earlier cases retroactive monetary relief prospective injunctive relief see edelman jordan ex parte young attorney fees held belonged latter category constituted reimbursement expenses incurred litigation seeking prospective relief rather retroactive liability prelitigation conduct hutto see also explained unlike ordinary retroactive relief damages restitution award costs compensate plaintiff injury first brought instead award reimburses portion expenses incurred seeking prospective relief section noted fit easily longstanding practice awarding costs statute imposed award attorney fees part costs citing fairmont creamery minnesota hutto therefore must accepted settled award attorney fees ancillary prospective relief subject strictures eleventh amendment principle making award beyond reach eleventh amendment must also true question reasonable attorney fee calculated see hutto supra missouri contends however principle enunciated hutto undermined subsequent decisions require congress express intention abrogate eleventh amendment unmistakable language statute atascadero state hospital scanlon welch texas dept highways public transportation see also dellmuth muth ante pennsylvania union gas ante flaw argument lies misreading holding hutto true hutto noted congress exercise enforcement power fourteenth amendment set aside immunity retroactive damages citing fitzpatrick bitzer congress intended enacting also made clear application depend congressional abrogation immunity rejecting precisely clear statement argument missouri suggests undermined hutto arkansas argued plainly abrogate immunity citing employees missouri dept public health welfare edelman jordan supra state contended retroactive liability imposed absence extraordinarily explicit statutory mandate hutto responded follows hese cases employees edelman concern retroactive liability prelitigation conduct rather expenses incurred litigation seeking prospective relief act imposes attorney fees part costs costs traditionally awarded without regard eleventh amendment immunity ibid holding hutto therefore congress spoken sufficiently clearly overcome eleventh amendment immunity enacting rather eleventh amendment apply award attorney fees ancillary grant prospective relief see maine thiboutot holding unaffected subsequent jurisprudence concerning degree clarity congress must speak order override eleventh amendment immunity reaffirm today missouri line argument based decision library congress shaw supra shaw involved application longstanding rule interest awarded unless expressly waived sovereign immunity held congress making federal government potential defendant title vii civil rights act waived immunity suit costs including reasonable attorney fees waived federal government traditional immunity award interest thus held impermissible percent increase lodestar fee compensate delay payment refused find language title vii waiver immunity interest missouri argues likewise conclude sufficiently explicit constitute abrogation immunity eleventh amendment regard award interest answer contention already clear said hutto finney since held hutto eleventh amendment bar award attorney fees ancillary grant prospective relief holding shaw application even analogy need case determine whether congress spoken sufficiently clearly meet clear statement requirement therefore irrelevant whether eleventh amendment standard missouri contends stringent one applied purposes rule shaw rather issue whether reasonable attorney fee provided calculated manner include enhancement appropriate delay payment straightforward matter statutory interpretation question relevance whether party fees awarded state question congress intended whether manifested clear affirmative intent waive sovereign immunity shaw question difficult one previously explained albeit dicta enhancement delay payment appropriate part reasonable attorney fee pennsylvania delaware valley citizens council rejected argument prevailing party entitled fee augmentation compensate risk nonpayment took care distinguish risk factor delay first matter delay plaintiffs entitlement attorney fees depends success lawyers paid favorable decision finally eventuates may years later meanwhile expenses business continue must met setting fees prevailing counsel courts regularly recognized delay factor either basing award current rates adjusting fee based historical rates reflect present value see sierra club epa app louisville black police officers organization louisville although delay risk nonpayment often mentioned breath adjusting former distinct issue suggest adjustments delay inconsistent typical statute summarize reaffirm holding hutto finney eleventh amendment application award attorney fees ancillary grant prospective relief state follows true calculation amount fee adjustment delay payment hold appropriate factor determination constitutes reasonable attorney fee award state fee includes enhancement delay therefore barred eleventh amendment iii missouri second contention district erred compensating work law clerks paralegals hereinafter collectively paralegals market rates services rather cost attorney missouri agrees compensation cost personnel included fee award suggests hourly rate argued corresponded salaries benefits overhead appropriate rather market rates according missouri authorize billing paralegals hours market rates produces windfall attorney begin statutory language provides simply reasonable attorney fee part costs clearly reasonable attorney fee meant compensate work performed personally members bar rather term must refer reasonable fee work product attorney thus fee must take account work attorneys also secretaries messengers librarians janitors others whose labor contributes work product attorney bills client must also take account expenses profit parties suggested reason work paralegals similarly compensated think thus take starting point proposition reasonable attorney fee provided statute compensate work paralegals well attorneys difficult question work paralegals valuated calculating overall attorney fee statute specifies reasonable fee attorney work product determining elements attorney fee calculated consistently looked marketplace guide reasonable blum stenson example rejected argument attorney fees nonprofit legal service organizations based cost said statute legislative history establish reasonable fees calculated according prevailing market rates relevant community see also delaware valley concurring controlling question concerning contingency enhancements market community compensates contingency rivera rehnquist dissenting reasonableness fee must determined light traditional billing practices profession fundamental principle award reasonable attorney fee means fee deemed reasonable billed affluent plaintiffs attorneys reasonable attorney fee one calculated basis rates practices prevailing relevant market line rates prevailing community similar services lawyers reasonably comparable skill experience reputation blum supra one grants successful civil rights plaintiff fully compensatory fee hensley eckerhart comparable traditional attorneys compensated client attorney fee awarded yield level compensation available market increasingly widespread custom separately billing services paralegals law students serve clerks ramos lamm must taken account else equal hourly fee charged attorney whose rates include paralegal work hourly fee bills separately work paralegals cost higher hourly fee charged attorney competing market bills separately work paralegals market rates words prevailing market rate attorney time independent manner paralegal time accounted thus prevailing practice given community bill paralegal time separately market rates fees awarded attorney market rates attorney time fully compensatory refused compensate hours billed paralegals cost similarly fee awarded high accepted separate billing paralegal hours market custom reject argument compensation paralegals rates cost yield windfall prevailing attorney neither petitioners anyone else knowledge ever suggested hourly rate applied work associate attorney law firm creates windfall firm partners otherwise improper merely exceeds cost attorney services fees consistent market rates practices windfall argument force regard paralegals associates hardly accord congress intent provide fully compensatory fee prevailing plaintiff attorney civil rights lawsuit permitted bill separately paralegals defense attorney litigation able take advantage prevailing practice obtain market rates work yet precisely result sought case state missouri appears paid outside counsel work paralegals hourly rate record nothing requires work paralegals invariably billed separately practice relevant market bill work paralegals cost requires however prevailing practice bill paralegal work market rates treating civil rights lawyers fee requests way permitted also makes economic sense encouraging use lower cost paralegals rather attorneys wherever possible permitting billing paralegal hours encourages delivery legal services reducing spiraling cost civil rights litigation furthers policies underlying civil rights statutes cameo convalescent center senn cert denied separate billing appears practice communities today present case missouri concedes local market typically bills separately paralegal services tr oral arg district found requested hourly rates law clerks paralegals recent law graduates prevailing rates services kansas city area app pet cert circumstances decision award separate compensation rates fully accord iv courts correctly granted fee enhancement compensate delay payment approved compensation paralegals law clerks market rates judgment appeals therefore affirmed section provides relevant part action proceeding enforce provision sections title title ix public law et seq title vi civil rights act et seq discretion may allow prevailing party reasonable attorney fee part costs holding appeals point conflict resolution question rogers okin cert denied sub nom commissioner massachusetts dept mental health rogers opinion shaw sure contain language read isolation might suggest different result case significantly equated compensation delay prejudgment interest observed rejudgment interest considered damages component costs indeed term costs never understood include interest component library congress shaw observations however divorced context special rule issue shaw rule applicable immunity therefore issue provides added gloss strictness liability interest issue inclusion compensation delay within definition prejudgment interest shaw must understood light broad proscription interest awards shaw thus represent definition compensation delay governs outside context rule federal immunity see reason compensation delay included within attorney fee awards hutto held costs subject eleventh amendment strictures share justice view two cases cites post demonstrate existence equivalent rule relating state immunity embodies ultrastrict rule construction interest awards grown around federal rule cf shaw supra discussing historical development federal rule shaw dealt sovereign immunity federal government course distinction hutto present case eleventh amendment immunity state issue delaware valley decided clean air act looked guidance however cases construing pennsylvania delaware valley citizens council delay coupled fact recognized delaware valley attorney expenses deferred pending completion litigation cause considerable hardship present case provides illustration period nearly three years demands case precluded attorney benson accepting employment order pay staff meet operating expenses obliged borrow january paid interest debt continuing borrow meet interest payments record tr ldf part incurred deficits million largely case tr compensation provided delay payment prospect hardship well deter otherwise willing attorneys accepting complex civil rights cases might offer great benefit society large result work defeat congress purpose enacting encourag ing enforcement federal law lawsuits filed private persons delaware valley supra blackmun dissenting note also recognized availability interim fee awards litigant becomes prevailing party one issue course litigation texas state teachers assn garland independent school economic terms interim award differ enhancement delay payment courts appeals taken variety positions issue permit separate billing paralegal time see save cumberland mountains hodel app vacated part grounds app en banc jacobs mancuso collecting cases spanish action committee chicago chicago ramos lamm richardson byrd cert denied sub nom dallas county commissioners richardson see also riverside rivera noting lower approval hourly rate law clerks courts hand considered paralegal work expense recoverable cost attorney see northcross board education memphis city schools cert denied thornberry delta air lines vacated least one appeals refused permit recovery paralegal expense apart attorney hourly fee abrams baylor college medicine attorney bills separately paralegal time merely distributing costs profit margin among hourly fees members staff rather concentrating fee sets time variant missouri windfall argument following paralegal expense reimbursed rate many times actual cost attorneys next try bill separately profit items secretarial time paper clips electricity expenses reply brief petitioners answer question course attorneys seeking fees basis requesting separate compensation expenses unless prevailing practice local community safeguard billing profit secretarial services paper clips discipline market frequently recognized lower courts paralegals capable carrying many tasks supervision attorney might otherwise performed lawyer billed higher rate work might include example factual investigation including locating interviewing witnesses assistance depositions interrogatories document production compilation statistical financial data checking legal citations drafting correspondence much work lies gray area tasks might appropriately performed either attorney paralegal extent fee applicants permitted bill work paralegals market rates surprising see greater amount work performed attorneys thus increasing overall cost litigation course purely clerical secretarial tasks billed paralegal rate regardless performs johnson georgia highway express said regard work attorneys applicable analogy paralegals appropriate distinguish legal work strict sense investigation clerical work compilation facts statistics work often accomplished lawyer may help available work may command lesser rate dollar value enhanced lawyer amicus national association legal assistants reports percent legal assistants responding survey association membership stated law firms charged clients paralegal work hourly billing basis brief national association legal assistants amicus curiae justice justice scalia joins chief justice joins part concurring part dissenting part agree allows compensation work paralegals law clerks market rates therefore join parts iii opinion join part ii however view eleventh amendment permit enhancement attorney fees assessed state compensation delay payment eleventh amendment course provide state immunity monetary relief relief serves directly bring end violation federal law barred eleventh amendment even though accompanied substantial ancillary effect state treasury papasan allain thus milliken bradley unanimously upheld decision ordering state pay million eliminate effects de jure segregation certain school systems hand elief essence serves compensate party injured past relief expressly denominated damages relief tantamount award damages past violation federal law even though styled something else prohibited eleventh amendment papasan supra crucial question case whether portion respondents attorney fees based current hourly rates properly characterized retroactive monetary relief library congress shaw addressed whether attorney fees provision title vii civil rights act permits award attorney fees enhanced order compensate delay payment relevant part provides action proceeding subchapter discretion may allow prevailing party equal employment opportunity commission eeoc reasonable attorney fees part costs eeoc shall liable costs private person notes ante rule federal sovereign immunity issue shaw provided added gloss strictness may explained result reached case waive immunity awards interest much hint anywhere shaw discussions definitions interest compensation delay dictated limited federal rule quotations illustrate opinion shaw filled broad unqualified language dissenters shaw disagree sweeping characterization interest compensation delay damages rather argued waived immunity respect awards interest see brennan dissenting therefore emphatically disagree statement shaw represent definition compensation delay governs ante two general propositions relevant emerge shaw first interest considered damages costs second compensation delay serves function interest also equivalent damages two propositions make clear enhancement delay constitutes retroactive monetary relief barred eleventh amendment given reading shaw think reliance cost rationale set forth hutto finney persuasive shaw teaches compensation delay constitutes damages considered costs see hutto controlling see hutto supra suggest analysis congress expand concept costs beyond traditional category litigation expenses furthermore hutto mean inclusion attorney fees costs statute forecloses challenge enhancement fees compensation delay payment shaw resolved differently lists attorney fees costs even accepted narrow interpretation shaw proffered disagree result reached part ii opinion terms analysis fails suggests definitions interest compensation delay set forth shaw triggered rule sovereign immunity barring awards interest outside context rule federal immunity see reason compensation delay included within attorney fee awards ante inquire whether rule exists fact federal rule barring awards interest see virginia west virginia deemed derogation sovereignty state charged interest agreement properly construed provides emphasis added north carolina general principle obligation state pay interest whether interest damages debt overdue arise except consent contract state manifested statute form authorized statute emphasis added recently held rule immunity set forth virginia north carolina inapplicable situations state retain immunity see west virginia state held liable interest sovereign immunity rule otherwise limited reason relevant eleventh amendment context presented case virginia north carolina indicate state waive immunity awards interest see also clark barnard missouri courts interpreted mo rev stat supp providing prejudgment interest money becomes due payable providing prejudgment interest judgments orders making state liable interest see denton construction missouri state highway mo steppelman state highway missouri mo app argument however missouri statutes cases allow interest awarded state state waiver sovereign immunity courts waiver eleventh amendment immunity federal courts pennhurst state school hospital halderman fact state immunity awards interest end matter case one involving school desegregation interest compensation delay guise current hourly rates theoretically awarded state despite eleventh amendment bar retroactive monetary liability held congress set aside eleventh amendment immunity order enforce provisions fourteenth amendment see city rome fitzpatrick bitzer congress must however unequivocal expressing intent abrogate immunity see generally atascadero state hospital scanlon congress must express intention abrogate eleventh amendment unmistakable language statute hutto able avoid deciding whether met clear statement rule attorney fees without enhancement considered retroactive nature see attorney fees enhanced compensate delay payment cf osterneck ernst whinney nlike attorney fees common law regarded element costs prejudgment interest traditionally considered part compensation due plaintiff relevant part provides action proceeding enforce provision sections title title ix public law title vi civil rights act discretion may allow prevailing party reasonable attorney fee part costs compensation delay payment one reasons district used current hourly rates calculating respondents attorney fees see app pet cert reverse award attorney fees respondents remand fees calculated without taking compensation delay account chief justice rehnquist dissenting agree justice eleventh amendment permit award attorney fees state includes compensation delay payment unlike justice however agree approval award law clerk paralegal fees made title gives district courts discretion allow prevailing party action reasonable attorney fee part costs reads language authorizing recovery reasonable fee attorney work product ante concludes may include separate compensation services law clerks paralegals statute simply uses familiar term reasonable attorney fee untutored linguistic juggling means fee charged services rendered individual licensed practice law law clerks paralegals licensed practice law missouri difficult see charges services may separately billed part attorney fees since prudent attorney customarily includes compensation cost law clerk paralegal services like sort office overhead secretarial staff janitors librarians telephone service stationery paper clips hourly billing rate allowing prevailing party recover separate compensation law clerk paralegal services may result double recovery finds justification ruling fact prevailing practice among attorneys kansas city bill clients separately services law clerks paralegals think congress intended meaning statutory term attorney fee expand contract every vagary local billing practice logic prevailing parties recover market rates cost secretaries private investigators types lay personnel assist attorney preparing case long show prevailing practice local market bill separately services result sufficiently drastic departure traditional concept attorney fees believe new statutory authorization required permitting separate billing law clerk paralegal hours market rates might reduc spiraling cost civil rights litigation encouraging attorneys delegate individuals tasks otherwise perform higher cost ante may persuasive reason congress enact additional legislation however persuasive reason us rewrite legislation congress fact enacted see badaracco commissioner courts authorized rewrite statute might deem effects susceptible improvement also disagree state suggestion law clerk paralegal expenses incurred prevailing party recoverable market rates attorney fees nonetheless recoverable actual cost statute language expands traditional definition costs include reasonable attorney fee fairly read authorize recovery expenses actually incurred prevailing party course litigation absent specific statutory authorization recovery expenses prevailing party remains subject limitations cost recovery imposed federal rule civil procedure govern taxation costs federal litigation statute applicable section gives district discretion tax certain types costs losing party federal litigation statute specifically enumerates six categories expenses may taxed costs fees clerk marshal fees reporter printing fees witness fees copying fees certain docket fees fees experts interpreters held list exclusive crawford fitting gibbons since none categories possibly construed include fees law clerks paralegals also hold reimbursement expenses may separately awarded actual cost therefore reverse award reimbursement law clerk paralegal expenses