Rita Johnson, Plaintiffs-Appellees-Cross v. The State of Mississippi, Defendants-Appellants-Cross

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• holding as a general matter that “the time expended by an attorney litigating the fee claim is justifiably included in the court’s fee award”
• concluding \[a]ttorney's fees may be awarded for time spent litigating the fee claim\
• excluding fees for reviewing discovery responses and communicating with opposing counsel that “would have been incurred even if motion practice had not been necessary”
• district court did not abuse discretion in awarding attorney’s fees against- state defendants whose conduct “was required by the Mississippi Legislature”
• “We conclude that attorney’s fees may be awarded for time spent litigating the fee claim.”
• failure to allow attorney’s fee for cost incurred in protecting judgment would decrease the attorney’s effective rate, contrary to statutory purpose

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