Legal Opinion
Spooner v. EEN, INC.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided July 5, 2011No. 10-2393PublishedCited by 96 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
After prevailing at trial in this copyright infringement case, the plaintiff sought and recovered substantial attorneys’ fees. The defendants contest the fee award. Concluding that the district court acted within the realm of its discretion, we affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
The relevant facts are easily catalogued. On August 8, 2008, plaintiff-appellee Jason Spooner filed a complaint in the district court alleging that a gaggle of defendants — Dan Egan, EEN, Inc. (Egan’s media production company), 1 the SugarloafiUSA ski resort, and its hierarchs— had engaged in “blatant and…
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