Melanson v. California

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• rejecting contention that argument was implicitly passed upon below because “[w]hen a district court declares a fee award reasonable, it can hardly be presumed to have passed on any conceivable objection to the fees, including those not raised by the parties”
• rejecting contention that argument was implicitly passed upon below because “[w]hen a district court declares a fee award reasonable, it can hardly be presumed to have passed on any conceivable objection to the fees, including those not raised by the parties”
• “It is a well- established general rule that an appellate court will not consider an issue raised for the first time on appeal.” (alteration omitted)
• \[W]e have exercised our discretion to entertain new arguments . . . where the argument presents a question of law and there is no need for additional fact- finding.\ (internal quotation marks omitted)

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