Legal Opinion
Nicholas Buian, Cross-Appellant v. Clifford Baughard, Cross-Appellees
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided September 7, 1982No. 81-3274, 81-3275PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CORNELIA G. KENNEDY, Circuit Judge.
We consider here cross-appeals from the award of attorney’s fees in a civil rights case. 42 U.S.C.A. §§ 1983, 1985(3), and 1988. Plaintiff-appellee and cross-appellant claims that the District Court impermissibly reduced the number of hours claimed, erroneously applied a factor for the contingent nature of the fee arrangement only to the hours spent before liability was established, and awarded an inadequate hourly rate considering counsel’s experience and the unpopular nature of the litigation. Defendants-appellants and cross-appellees challenge the award…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Alyeska Pipeline Service Co. v. Wilderness SocietySupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Hutto v. FinneySupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Hanrahan v. HamptonSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Northcross v. Board of EducationCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1979
- Bond v. StantonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1980
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3Cited by26 opinions
- John C. Shimman v. International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 18Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1984
- Robert W. Kelley, Cross-Appellees v. Metropolitan County Board of Education, Cross-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1985
- McDonald v. McCarthyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1992
- Ernest Smith v. Detroit Board of Education Detroit Federation of Teachers Local 231, American Federation of Teachers, Afl-CioCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1984
- Local 17, International Association of Heat and Frost Insulators and Asbestos Workers v. Dennis M. Young and Michael MoranCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1986
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