Dennis L. Smith v. Iowa State University of Science and Technology, State of Iowa

The defendants Iowa State University and the State of Iowa (collectively ISU) appeal the district court’s decision awarding the plaintiff Dennis Smith all of his requested attorney fees. For the reasons set forth herein, we conclude that Smith is not entitled to all fees as awarded by the district court, and we therefore reverse and remand this case for further proceedings. However, we do not agree with the court of appeals concerning what must occur on remand. It is not necessary, in our view, for Smith’s counsel to prepare a new affidavit detailing the amount of attorney time spent daily on…