Wilder v. Bernstein

How courts have described this case

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

• awarding most of the challenged hours at the attorney rate, but awarding paralegal rate for hours spent sending fax and making a call to reschedule a meeting
• reducing two lawyers’ lodestar figures by 10% because the attorneys had made cryptic and vague time entries, such as “reviewed correspondence,” “reviewed docs,” and “TC w/Elaine Walsh”
• reducing fee calculations by ten percent to account for vague time entries
• “Although it is within the [cJourt’s discretion to compensate counsel for travel time at full hourly rates, .. . courts in this circuit customarily reimburse attorneys for travel time at fifty percent of their hourly rates.”
• reducing lodestar by 10% to account for vague time entries
• subtracting ten percent from lodestar

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

24 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Marisol A. Ex Rel. Forbes v. Giuliani
  S.D. New York· 2000-08-30· cited 67×
• Barbour v. Colvin
  E.D. New York· 2014-01-27· cited 66×
• Zubulake v. UBS Warburg LLC
  S.D. New York· 2003-07-24· cited 49×
• Gonzalez v. Bratton
  S.D. New York· 2001-06-13· cited 47×
• Tlacoapa v. Carregal
  S.D. New York· 2005-06-22· cited 43×
• Wise v. Kelly
  S.D. New York· 2008-02-21· cited 42×
• Sea Spray Holdings, Ltd. v. Pali Financial Group, Inc.
  S.D. New York· 2003-08-13· cited 25×
• Tri-Star Pictures, Inc. v. Unger
  S.D. New York· 1999-03-22· cited 20×
• Sulkowska v. City of New York
  S.D. New York· 2001-04-25· cited 19×
• Kenny A. Ex Rel. Winn v. Perdue
  N.D. Georgia· 2006-10-03· cited 17×
• Colbert v. Furumoto Realty, Inc.
  S.D. New York· 2001-06-01· cited 13×
• Knoeffler v. Town of Mamakating
  S.D. New York· 2000-12-12· cited 13×
• Betancourt v. Giuliani
  S.D. New York· 2004-07-13· cited 12×
• New York Ex Rel. Vacco v. RAC Holding, Inc.
  N.D. New York· 2001-03-21· cited 12×
• Smart Smw of Ny v. Zoning Com'n, Town of Stratford
  D. Connecticut· 1998-06-17· cited 11×
• Diamond Sawblades Manufacturers Coalition v. United States
  Court of International Trade· 2012-01-26· cited 8×
• SW v. Board of Education of City of New York
  S.D. New York· 2003-02-26· cited 7×
• Connor v. Ulrich
  E.D. New York· 2001-07-23· cited 6×
• Hightower v. Nassau County Sheriff's Department
  E.D. New York· 2004-07-19· cited 5×
• Guardians Ass'n of Police Department v. City of New York
  Second Circuit· 2005-06-03· cited 5×

Cites

34 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Hensley v. Eckerhart
  Supreme Court· 1983-05-16· cited 17,202×
• Blum v. Stenson
  Supreme Court· 1984-03-21· cited 7,642×
• Pennsylvania v. Delaware Valley Citizens' Council for Clean Air
  Supreme Court· 1986-07-02· cited 1,746×
• Missouri v. Jenkins Ex Rel. Agyei
  Supreme Court· 1989-06-19· cited 1,583×
• Maher v. Gagne
  Supreme Court· 1980-06-25· cited 1,087×
• New York State Association for Retarded Children, Inc. v. Hugh L. Carey, Individually and as Governor of the State of New York
  Second Circuit· 1983-06-15· cited 1,038×
• Dolores J. Copeland, Individually and on Behalf of the Class of All Others Similarly Situated v. F. Ray Marshall, Secretary of Labor
  D.C. Circuit· 1980-09-02· cited 989×
• West Virginia University Hospitals, Inc. v. Casey
  Supreme Court· 1991-03-19· cited 884×
• Grant v. Martinez
  Second Circuit· 1992-08-18· cited 324×
• In Re \Agent Orange\ Product Liability Litigation. (Appeal of Attorneys' Fee Awards)
  Second Circuit· 1987-04-21· cited 269×
• Unnamed case
  Sixth Circuit· 1980-01-17· cited 249×
• City of Detroit v. Grinnell Corp.
  Second Circuit· 1977-08-30· cited 171×
• Garrity v. Sununu
  First Circuit· 1984-12-27· cited 104×
• In Re \Agent Orange\ Product Liability Litigation
  E.D. New York· 1985-06-18· cited 98×
• Gagne v. Maher
  Second Circuit· 1979-03-09· cited 84×
• Richard Franklin Miller v. Dale Carson, Etc.
  Fifth Circuit· 1980-10-14· cited 76×
• Mountain Water Co. v. Montana Department of Public Service Regulation
  Supreme Court· 1993-01-11· cited 71×
• Williamsburg Fair Housing Committee v. Ross-Rodney Housing Corp.
  S.D. New York· 1984-10-26· cited 54×
• Meriwether v. Coughlin
  S.D. New York· 1989-12-13· cited 36×
• Jennette v. City of New York
  S.D. New York· 1992-09-01· cited 31×