Legal Opinion
Esso Standard Oil Co. v. Lopez Freytes
District Court, D. Puerto Rico
Decided September 18, 2008No. Civil 03-2319 (CCC)(JA)PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
JUSTO ARENAS, United States Chief Magistrate Judge.
This matter is before the court on motion by plaintiff Esso Standard Oil Company (“Esso”) for an award of reasonable attorney’s fees in the amount of $1,594,696.55 and expenses in the amount of $107,782.61 pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1988(b). (Docket Nos. 242 & 243.) Defendants filed an opposition alleging that Esso provided ambiguous and unclear supporting documents for its request for attorney’s fees for services provided by the firms of Nevares & Associates, Latham & Watkins, and Steptoe & Johnson, but particularly Nevares &…
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