Kenneth Spegon v. The Catholic Bishop of Chicago

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that fee-paying client would have expected counsel to assess feasibility of quick settlement prior to filing suit
• concluding that “organizing file folders, document preparation, and copying documents” were clerical or secretarial tasks
• holding that the court should disallow hours expended by an attorney on tasks that are easily delegable to non-professional assistance
• concluding that “organizing file folders, document preparation, and copying documents” were clerical or secretarial tasks
• holding that, in a motion for fees, “the district court should disallow time spent on what are essentially clerical or secretarial tasks.”
• holding that when attorneys’ use contingent fee agreements, evidence of fee awards the attorney has received in similar cases is the next best evidence in determining an hourly rate

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).