Schweiger v. China Doll Restaurant, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• recognizing that in certain circumstances “[w]here a party has achieved only partial or limited success . . . it would be unreasonable to award compensation for all hours expended, including time spent on the unsuccessful issues or claims.”
• stating that 26 attorneys generally may recover for time spent “[p]reparing post-decision motions”
• explaining that appellate courts are unsuited to conduct fact-finding on attorneys’ fees calculations
• holding the preparation 25 of post-decision motions are includable in a fee application
• stating in dicta that fees awarded to public sector attorneys should be measured by reasonable hourly rate prevailing in community for similar work
• finding that there is sufficient detail in a billing report if counsel indicates “the type of legal services provided, the date the service was provided, the attorney providing the service . . . and the time spent in providing the service”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).