O'Bannon v. National Collegiate Athletic Ass'n

ORDER GRANTING MOTION FOR ATTORNEYS’ FEES

NATHANAEL M. COUSINS, United . States Magistrate Judge

Plaintiffs, a group of current and former college student-athletes, move for an award of attorneys’ fees incurred in prosecuting this action. Defendant the National Collegiate Athletic Association opposes plaintiffs’ motion. The NCAA’s principal objection is that the request for fees includes work related to prosecuting ultimately unsuccessful claims. The Court, however, finds that these unsuccessful claims relate to the successful claims that plaintiffs won at trial; they involve a common core of…