State v. Passmore

How courts have described this case

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

• approving reasoning that, “[i]f a young attorney demonstrates the skill and ability, he should not be penalized for only recently being admitted to the bar”
• explaining situation where fee awards that substantially exceed recoveries may be necessary to ensure that plaintiffs are able to secure legal representation
• holding the same for consumer protection suits
• “we reject the notion that a civil rights action for damages constitutes nothing more than a private tort suit benefitting only the individual plaintiffs whose rights were violated”
• defendant “cannot litigate tenaciously and then be heard to complain about the time necessarily spent by the plaintiff in response”
• noting lower court approval of hourly rate for law clerks

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).