Westar Energy, Inc. v. Wittig

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• using the greater Kansas City metropolitan area, not the firm’s location in Washington, D.C., as the relevant locality
• if contract, read as a whole, is unambiguous, court will not consider conduct of parties
• “We agree with the analysis performed by the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals in Lake when it accurately predicted the Kansas Supreme Court would look to the various factors listed in KRPC 1.5(a
• “Even so, we note the court in Western States makes clear that the district court should not ‘simply award the full amount billed’ but clearly had discretion to adjust a contractual award of fees if an award is inequitable or unreasonable.”
• characterizing setoff as an equitable remedy
• characterizing setoff as an equitable remedy

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).