· 2/1/2005
Murray Ex Rel. Murray v. Mills
Citations
- 354 F. Supp. 2d 231
- 2005 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 1472
- 2005 WL 238120
How courts have described this case
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- observing that even in a complex case litigated to trial the time spent on a fee application should not reasonably exceed 30 hours
- justifying an across-the-board 35% percent reduction in part on the 101.3 hours billed for the fee application
- finding that fifteen hours was a reasonable amount of time to spend on attorney fees motion in that case, and that even in a complex case, attorney fees motion should not require more than thirty hours of attorney time
- reducing fee award where attorney submitted time records compiled only for purposes of fee application rather than contemporaneous records
- “recogniz[ing] Plaintiffs’ right to bill for time spent applying for fees and costs”
- finding 150 hours on a fee motion to be “grossly amplified”
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Judges: Spatt
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