{"identifier":"/us/usc/t42/s12205","title_num":"42","num":"§ 12205.","heading":"Attorney’s fees","status":null,"guid":"id7b0cc3da-4aa7-11eb-94f5-9ff2c44f6f3c","source_credit":"(Pub. L. 101–336, title V, § 505, July 26, 1990, 104 Stat. 371.)","seq_in_title":6457,"parent_identifier":"/us/usc/t42/ch126/schIV","ancestors":[{"identifier":"/us/usc/t42","level":"title","num":"Title 42—","heading":"THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t42/ch126","level":"chapter","num":"CHAPTER 126—","heading":"EQUAL OPPORTUNITY FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t42/ch126/schIV","level":"subchapter","num":"SUBCHAPTER IV—","heading":"MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS","status":null,"is_section":false}],"xml":"<section xmlns=\"http://xml.house.gov/schemas/uslm/1.0\" xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\" xmlns:dc=\"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/\" xmlns:dcterms=\"http://purl.org/dc/terms/\" style=\"-uslm-lc:I80\" id=\"id8f60a727-86fb-11e9-b915-8b3e54686b9f\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t42/s12205\"><num value=\"12205\">§ 12205.</num><heading> Attorney’s fees</heading><content>\n<p style=\"-uslm-lc:I11\" class=\"indent0\">In any action or administrative proceeding commenced pursuant to this chapter, the court or agency, in its discretion, may allow the prevailing party, other than the United States, a reasonable attorney’s fee, including litigation expenses, and costs, and the United States shall be liable for the foregoing the same as a private individual.</p>\n</content><sourceCredit id=\"id8f60a728-86fb-11e9-b915-8b3e54686b9f\">(<ref href=\"/us/pl/101/336/tV/s505\">Pub. L. 101–336, title V, § 505</ref>, <date date=\"1990-07-26\">July 26, 1990</date>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/104/371\">104 Stat. 371</ref>.)</sourceCredit>\n<notes type=\"uscNote\" id=\"id8f60a729-86fb-11e9-b915-8b3e54686b9f\">\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I75\" topic=\"referencesInText\" id=\"id8f60a72a-86fb-11e9-b915-8b3e54686b9f\">\n<heading class=\"centered smallCaps\">References in Text</heading><p style=\"-uslm-lc:I21\" class=\"indent0\">This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this Act”, meaning <ref href=\"/us/pl/101/336\">Pub. L. 101–336</ref>, <date date=\"1990-07-26\">July 26, 1990</date>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/104/327\">104 Stat. 327</ref>, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under <ref href=\"/us/usc/t42/s12101\">section 12101 of this title</ref> and Tables.</p>\n</note>\n</notes>\n</section>","provision":null,"duplicates":[],"release":{"label":"116-252","currency_date":"2020-12-22","congress":116,"law_num":252,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":222,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["18","20","31","34","40","42"],"ingested_titles":[]},"served_from":{"label":"116-252","currency_date":"2020-12-22","congress":116,"law_num":252,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":222,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["18","20","31","34","40","42"],"ingested_titles":[]},"content_first_seen":{"label":"116-19","currency_date":"2019-05-31","congress":116,"law_num":19,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":174,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["25","42"],"ingested_titles":[]},"is_exact":true,"note":null}