Littlefield v. Maxwell

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that “a party applying for an award of attorney’s fees under the [L]odestar method bears the burden of documenting the hours expended on the litigation and the value of those hours”
• analyzing a fee award under the Texas Commission on Human Rights Act (TCHRA)
• requiring courts to consider the nature of the work when determining the reasonableness of fees
• explaining that the trial court calculates the base lodestar amount
• requiring (among other requirements) the qualifications of the legal assistant and whether the substantive legal work was performed under the direction and supervision of an attorney
• explaining evidence required to support a fee award for paralegal or legal assistant services

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).