Legal Opinion
Arbor Hill Concerned Citizens Neighborhood Ass'n v. County of Albany & Albany County Board of Elections
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided April 10, 2008No. Docket 06-0086-cvPublishedCited by 1,094 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AMENDED OPINION 1
JOHN M. WALKER, JR., Circuit Judge:
In this appeal from the district court’s disposition of their motion for an award of attorney’s fees, plaintiffs-appellants (“plaintiffs”), who prevailed in a suit brought under the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (“VRA”), seek a recalculation of the amount that they may recoup. The fee-historically known as the “lodestar” — to which their attorneys are presumptively entitled is the product of hours worked and an hourly rate. Plaintiffs argue that the district court applied an unnecessarily strict “forum rule”: The district court, they contend,…
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