Rufus E. Cunningham v. County of Los Angeles, and Richard Eiden, Real-Party-In-Interest-Appellant

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• holding four justifications for adjusting the lodestar improper because they are subsumed in the lodestar determination itself
• holding that “double counting is impermissible” in ordinary cases
• stating that “Kerr factors that are not subsumed may support adjustments in rare cases”
• denying sanctions under Rule 11 for suit that 19 was not frivolous when filed but had no evidentiary support on later development
• finding that although 2 Factors that may be relevant to the reasonableness of a fee include: (1) the time and labor required; (2) the novelty and difficulty of the questions involved; (3) the skill requisite to perform the legal service properly; (4
• sanctions were inappropriately imposed when claims were not frivolous at the time of filing; later finding of insufficiency of evidence is irrelevant to Rule 11

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