Ballen v. City of Redmond

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• reviewing grant of summary judgment in free speech case de novo
• “A trial court may only consider admissible 28 evidence in ruling on a motion for summary judgment.”
• “We have previously said that only in rare circumstances should a court adjust the 8 lodestar figure, as this figure is the presumptively accurate measure of reasonable fees.”
• “We have previously said that only in rare circumstances should a court adjust the 5 lodestar figure, as this figure is the presumptively accurate measure of reasonable fees.”
• “We have previously said that only in rare circumstances should a court adjust the 18 lodestar figure, as this figure is the presumptively accurate measure of reasonable fees.”
• “District courts 23 possess the necessary discretion to adjust the amounts awarded to address excessive and 24 unnecessary effort expended in a manner not justified by the case.”

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