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E.D. Michigan· 1/27/2005

Gratz v. Bollinger

Citations

  • 353 F. Supp. 2d 929
  • 2005 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 1104
  • 2005 WL 195382

How courts have described this case

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

  • permitting recovery for only 55 out of 323.50 hours billed by local counsel because “most of [local counsel’s] billing entries reflect time spent ‘receiving and reviewing’ materials” created or already reviewed by other attorneys
  • “Plaintiffs should not be compensated for the hours their attorneys expended on media and public relations efforts”
  • “[T]he Court does not believe that § 1988 contemplates an award of fees related to an attorneys’ search for clients who will serve as model plaintiffs.”
  • “[T]he Court does not believe that § 1988 contemplates an award of fees related to an attorneys’ search for clients who will serve as model plaintiffs.”
  • “[T]here is nothing inherently unreasonable about making an award for time spent by two or more lawyers engaged in the same representation . . . ”
  • computerized research costs awarded but reduction made based on costs being “exhorbitant”

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Judges: Duggan

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