Avalon Cinema Corporation v. Reed W. Thompson, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Mayor of the City of North Little Rock, Arkansas

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• stating that out-of-town counsel need not \always be limited to lower local rates ...\ because \[i]t may not always be possible to find counsel in or near the locality of the case who are able and willing to undertake difficult and controversial [ ] litigation.\
• “If a plaintiff can show he has been unable through diligent, good faith efforts to retain local counsel, attor- ney's fees . . . are not limited to the prevailing rate in the district where the case is tried.” (internal quotation marks omitted)

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