Legal Opinion
Spell v. McDaniel
District Court, E.D. North Carolina
Decided July 10, 1985No. 84-06-CIV-3PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
JAMES C. FOX, District Judge.
This matter is before the Court on plaintiff’s application for an award of reasonable attorney’s fees as the prevailing party under the Civil Rights Attorney’s Fees Awards Act of 1976, 42 U.S.C. § 1988. 1 Plaintiff’s counsel have filed extensive affidavits requesting compensation for a total of 2,087.60 hours of time, worth, in their estimation, $240,350.00. This lodestar figure, they propose, should then be increased by a discretionary multiplier in recognition of what they contend to be the extraordinary risks associated with the contingent nature of this…
2Cases cited135 opinions
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3Cited by32 opinions
- Spell v. McDanielCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1987
- Spell v. McDanielCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1988
- Thorne v. City of El SegundoCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1986
- Buffington v. Baltimore CountyCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1990
- Barbara Buffington, Individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of James E. Buffington, Deceased David M. Buffington, Individually v. Baltimore County, Maryland, a Body Corporate and Politic Cornelius J. Behan, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Chief of Police Donald Gaigalas, Individually and in His Official Capacity Ronald L. Tucker, Individually and in His Official Capacity, and Daniel Yuska, Individually and in His Official Capacity Joseph Gribbin, Individually and in His Official Capacity L.S. Harvey, Individually and in His Official Capacity Kenneth W. Kramer, Individually and in His Official Capacity William L. Maeser, Individually and in His Official Capacity, in Re John A. Austin James G. Beach, Iii, Barbara Buffington, Individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of James E. Buffington, Deceased David M. Buffington, Individually v. Baltimore County, Maryland, a Body Corporate and Politic Cornelius J. Behan, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Chief of Police Daniel Yuska, Individually and in His Official Capacity Joseph Gribbin, Individually and in His Official Capacity L.S. Harvey, Individually and in His Official Capacity Donald Gaigalas, Individually and in His Official Capacity Kenneth W. Kramer, Individually and in His Official Capacity Ronald L. Tucker, Individually and in His Official Capacity William L. Maeser, Individually and in His Official CapacityCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1990
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