Dooner v. Buckman

How courts have described this case

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• noting that judges may rely upon their experience with a case when assessing the reasonableness of a fee request
• holding that “the adverse party's submissions cannot merely allege in general terms that the time spent was excessive….The briefs must be specific and clear enough that the fee applicants have a fair chance to respond and defend their request”
• explaining that “the adverse party’s submissions cannot merely allege in general terms that the time spent was excessive”
• explaining that, in considering the reasonableness of a request for attorney’s fees, a district court may rely upon “its own experience with the case and its general experience as to how much time a case requires.”
• using an attorney to perform ministerial services is a legitimate ground for decreasing a lodestar
• reversing trial court’s reduction of time claimed by fee applicant, where opposing party’s categorical objection failed to give fee applicant adequate notice of specific billing entries subject to challenge

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).