Cameron Banks v. State of Indiana

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that the district court was “on solid legal footing” when it reduced the plaintiff’s fees based, in part, on a comparison of the damages sought to the damages ultimately obtained
• refusing to consider a \twice-speculative\ claim with an \uncertain foundation\ because \this court tries not to base its decisions on mind reading\
• “In assessing the fees for related claims, ‘a court is to skip the first Hensley inquiry and move to its second.’ ”
• “The most critical factor in determining the reasonableness of a fee award is the degree of success obtained.”
• “In assessing the fees for related claims, ‘a court is to skip the first Hensley inquiry and move to its second.’”
• “There is a point at which thorough and diligent litigation efforts become overkill.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).