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· 8/11/2016

Ex Parte Juan Jose Sanchez

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding district courts must apply judgment funds toward the fee award up to the 25% cap
  • emphasizing that statutory analysis begins with the \specific statutory language in dispute\
  • explaining that this presumption has been developed in the context of § 1988 cases
  • noting that “surrounding statutory structure” may reinforce a conclusion about an individual provision
  • reiterating that the lodestar is presumed to represent a reasonable fee
  • looking at “the full field of textual, contextual, and precedential evidence” to interpret a statute

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