Stanger v. China Electric Motor, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that the “district court 5 must explicitly discuss why the Kerr reasonableness factors do or do not favor applying a multiplier 6 (positive or negative) in this case.”
• explaining that the court must explain “how it weighed the various competing considerations”
• noting the decision to enhance or reduce the lodestar under the Kerr factors is within the district court’s discretion
• requiring á more specific articulation for a 30 percent reduction in hours
• “decision to enhance or reduce the lodestar 25 … is within the district court’s discretion”
• “[a]ttorneys in common fund cases must be compensated for any delay in payment”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).