State of Wisconsin v. Hotline Industries, Inc.

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• holding that salaried government employees could recover their fees as they relate to the government’s opposition to an improper removal of a state court case
• holding that sala- ried government employees could recover their fees as they relate to the government’s opposition to an improper removal of a state court case
• discussing various attorney-fee statutes under federal law and recognizing a distinction between those authorizing an award of “reasonable fees” and those authorizing an award of fees “actually incurred”
• general rule for calculating fee awards under statutes authorizing a “reasonable attorney’s fee as part of the costs” is to use the “prevailing market rates in the relevant community”
• “The statutory change makes clear that § 1447(c) constitutes an alternative means to reimburse the victorious party without resorting to Rule 11.”
• under Section 1447(c), salaried government Page 3 attorneys may recover attorney’s fees incurred in resisting removal

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