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· 1/4/1990

Rode v. Dellarciprete

Citations

  • 892 F.2d 1177
  • 1990 U.S. App. LEXIS 56
  • 52 Empl. Prac. Dec. (CCH) 39,541

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • recognizing district court has discretion “to disallow any fees for time spent litigating the case after the last benefit is won from the defendant”
  • recognizing that a party “block bills at his own peril”
  • explaining that specificity should only be required to the extent necessary for a court “to determine if the hours claimed are unreasonable for the work performed”
  • “[T]he district court has the discretion to make certain adjustments to the lodestar.”
  • “The district court should exclude hours that are not reasonably calculated.”

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