Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community and Edith Crooks, United States of America, Intervenor Below v. City of Prior Lake, Minnesota

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• noting that the district 20 court should first “compute[] the base ‘lodestar’ figure by 21 multiply[ing] the number of hours reasonably expended times the 22 lawyer’s regular hourly rate” and only then “look also to the 23 ordinary fee for similar work in the community”
• The court does “not automatically accept the lawyer’s rate as reasonable; [the court] looks also to the ordinary fee for similar work in the community.”

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