ACLU of Georgia v. Miller

How courts have described this case

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• concluding that the district court “clearly erred in awarding non-local rates without finding that the plaintiffs had carried their burden of showing there were no attorneys” in the relevant market who could handle their claims
• finding that, in a § 1983 action, counsel should have been able to draft a complaint in less than 40 hours
• noting that objections to the number of hours in a fee application must be specific and reasonably precise
• noting that the use of nonlocal counsel could be reasonable if the attorney's \extensive prior experience\ resulted in more efficient representation
• noting that the lodestar is “properly calculated by multiplying the number of hours reasonably expended on the litigation times a reasonable hourly rate” (quoting Blum v. Stenson, 465 U.S. 886, 888 (1984))
• noting that the lodestar is “properly calculated by multiplying the number of hours reasonably expended on the litigation times a reasonable hourly rate” (quoting Blum v. Stenson, 465 U.S. 886, 888 (1984))

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