Kaiser v. MEPC American Properties, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• instructing courts to also consider “the nature of the case” and “degree of responsibility required”
• prohibiting lawyers from charging unreasonable fees and specifying factors governing determination of reasonableness
• prohibiting lawyers from charging unreasonable fees and specifying factors governing determination of reasonableness
• prohibiting lawyers from charging unreasonable fees and specifying factors governing determination of reasonableness
• upholding a reduced attorney fee award, which the trial court ordered after considering the time records, the standards to be applied in determining a fee award, and its own experience to determine the reasonableness of the fees requested
• requiring prevailing party’s attorney to “specify the services performed, by whom they were performed, the time expended thereon and the hourly rate charged therefor” and holding that the prevailing party failed to meet its burden when it did not include that information

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).