League of United Latin American Citizens 4552 v. Roscoe Independent School District

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that “[t]he hourly fee awarded must be supported by the record; the district court may not simply rely on its own experience in the relevant legal market to set a reasonable hourly billing rate”
• noting that litigants “take their chances” when submitting vague fee applications
• noting that litigants “take their chances” when submitting vague fee applications
• stating district court may disallow hours spent for “research and review of cases” on vagueness
• finding that “research and review of cases” was too vague
• relying on affidavits from the prevailing party’s attorneys in determining the reasonableness of the requested fee award

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).