Hollis Watkins v. Kirk Fordice, Governor of the State of Mississippi

How courts have described this case

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• noting that defendant’s system “neither stores nor produces 8 numbers using a random or sequential number generator; instead, it exclusively dials numbers 9 stored in a customer database,” and, therefore is not an autodialer for purposes of the TCPA
• explaining “a trial court should obtain sufficient information to make a meaningful evaluation of the application for attorney’s fees. Charges for duplicative, excessive, or inadequately documented work should be excluded.”
• affirming a reduction by half of the hourly rate for time billed for travel
• acknowledging the catalyst theory without discussing the potential conflict with Farrar
• acknowledging the catalyst theory without discussing the potential conflict with Farrar
• party seeking fees submitted “affidavits from other attorneys in the community showing the prevailing market rates in the community”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).