Mattie Norman, Clara Marshall, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated v. The Housing Authority of the City of Montgomery

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• holding that where “there is a lack of documentation or testimonial support the court may make the award on its own experience” (citation omitted)
• holding that a district court may use its own expertise and judgment to determine a reasonable fee award
• stating that vindication of class-wide rights is generally more significant than relief for isolated constitutional violation
• stating that vindication of class-wide rights is generally more significant than relief for isolated constitutional violation
• stating that a reasonable hourly rate may be determined based on “similar services by lawyers of reasonably comparable skills”
• stating that, in measuring success, the court should do more than make a “reduction based on a simple ratio of successful issues to issues raised.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).