Texas State Teachers Ass'n v. Garland Independent School Dist

In Texas State Teachers Ass'n v. Garland Independent School Dist, 489 U.S. 782, 791; 109 S. Ct. 1486; 103 L. Ed. 2d 866 (1989), the Supreme Court explained that a "prevailing party must be one who has succeeded on any significant claim affording it some of the relief sought, either pendente lite or at the conclusion of the litigation." The Court concluded that, "at a minimum, to be considered a prevailing party within the meaning of 1988, the plaintiff must be able to point to a resolution of the dispute which changes the legal relationship between itself and the defendant." Id. at 792.