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· 3/23/1990

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Service News Company

Citations

  • 898 F.2d 958
  • 1990 U.S. App. LEXIS 4350
  • 53 Empl. Prac. Dec. (CCH) 39,736
  • 52 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 677

How courts have described this case

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  • observing that certain factors did not seem to affect the fee award
  • stating that seven of the twelve factors were inapplicable in the matter
  • finding expenditure of over twenty percent of time on preparation of fee petition unreasonable in light of relative simplicity of the case
  • finding the expenditure of over 20% of the claimed time on fee preparation to be unreasonable in a case in which the attorney billed a total of 13.25 hours
  • limiting application of Fariss (holding insurance premiums, not actual loss, are what plaintiff should recover) where the facts “reflect a serious effort to obtain other insurance”
  • finding expenditure of over 20% of time on preparation of fee petition unreasonable

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Judges: Widener, Chapman, Hoffman, Eastern, Virginia

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