Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Wilson

How courts have described this case

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• finding that 12.7 hours to prepare opposition brief was “excessive due to the simple nature of the opposition, Which involved a straightforward legal argument...”
• holding that, when the plaintiff prevailed on a state-law question certified to a state court, thereby resolving the plaintiff’s state law claims without deciding the constitutional issues, the plaintiff may be awarded attorney’s fees under Section 1988
• noting that courts have found amounts of billed time above 30 hours preparing for oral argument to be excessive
• declining to award fees for entries listed as conferral or communication on unspecified topics with co-counsel
• collecting cases and finding approximately sixty hours preparing for and presenting oral argument before the Second Circuit excessive
• awarding a paralegal practicing in Woodbridge, New Jersey an hourly rate of $80 based on the prevailing hourly rates in the forum, the Northern District of New York

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