Legal Opinion
Ramos v. Lamm
District Court, D. Colorado
Decided March 26, 1982No. Civ. A. 77-K-1093PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER AWARDING ATTORNEY FEES
KANE, District Judge.
After several years of litigation, 1 this case is now before me on plaintiff’s application for attorney fees. Because the current law on attorney fees is unsettled and sometimes contradictory, I will explicate it before reaching the details of this case. Although I will consider cases from other jurisdictions, I will focus on Tenth Circuit cases because they are controlling.
I. INTRODUCTION
In the United States the traditional rule has been that attorney fees are not awardable to a prevailing party, absent a specific…
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3Cited by27 opinions
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