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· 12/3/2008

Grissom v. the Mills Corp.

Citations

  • 549 F.3d 313
  • 72 Fed. R. Serv. 3d 216
  • 28 I.E.R. Cas. (BNA) 781
  • 2009 CCH OSHD 32,981
  • 2008 U.S. App. LEXIS 24377
  • 91 Empl. Prac. Dec. (CCH) 43,399
  • 2008 WL 5077824

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that a party’who achieved a favorable resolution pursuant to an offer of judgment was a prevailing party for purposes of determining attorney’s fees eligibility
  • holding that, under'the Rule 68 offer of judgment in the case, plaintiff was entitled to attorney’s fees up to the date of the offer
  • holding that a party who achieved a favorable resolution pursuant to an offer of judgment was a prevailing party for purposes of determining attorney’s fees eligibility
  • holding that evidence of attorneys’ rates solely within the firm was insufficient to support the award
  • holding that plaintiff did not satisfy their burden when, among other defects, double-digit annual hourly rate increases “[could not] simply be attributed to economic inflation for the same time periods.”
  • holding that prevailing-hourly-rate evidence was insufficient to support attorney’s fee award where, among other things, increases in hourly rates charged by counsel exceeded economic inflation for the same time periods

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Judges: Traxler, Hamilton, Eastern

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