Legal Opinion
Loretta J. Brokeshoulder SCHWARZ, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES, Defendant-Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided December 22, 1995No. 94-35974PublishedCited by 237 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RYMER, Circuit Judge:
This appeal requires us to consider the scope of a district court’s discretion to reduce the lodestar in a civil rights action for the time devoted to dismissed claims that the court found unrelated to a successful claim. We must also decide whether a reasonable attorney’s fee under 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-5(k) must be calculated by reference to the rates generally charged by attorneys in the area where the plaintiffs counsel practices or where a suit that is subsequently transferred was originally filed, instead of by reference to the local forum.
Loretta J. Brokeshoulder…
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