West Virginia University Hospitals, Inc. v. Casey

West Virginia University Hospitals (plaintiff) prevailed against Pennsylvania's governor Casey (defendant) and was awarded attorney's fees under 42 U.S.C. section 1988, including over $100,000 for expert-witness services; the court of appeals reversed the expert-fee portion, and the hospital sought Supreme Court review.

Whether the meaning of a statutory term used by Congress, such as attorney's fees, may be determined by looking to other statutes that use the same term.