Ernest Dague, Sr., Ernest Dague, Jr., Betty Dague, and Rose A. Bessette v. City of Burlington

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• holding that “determination of a reasonable attorney’s fee ... should normally be decided by the district court in the first instance”
• holding that \determination of a reasonable attorney's fee ... should normally be decided by the district court in the first instance\
• holding that \determination of a reasonable attorney's fee ... should normally be decided by the district court in the first instance\
• pointing out that attorneys’ fee applications should usually be addressed in first instance by district court
• plaintiff seeking fees in connection with appeal should first file in appellate court, at which point appellate court can determine whether fees issues “should be referred to the district court for decision”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).