Legal Opinion
Johnny Gregory v. United States
United States Court of Federal Claims
Decided April 12, 2013No. 09-114CPublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Rails-to-Trails Case; Recovery of Attorneys’ Fees and Costs; Lodestar Method of Calculation; Reasonable Reductions Based Upon Degree of Success.
OPINION AND ORDER
WHEELER, Judge.
On February 11, 2013, the 257-member plaintiff class (“Plaintiffs”) in this Rails-to-Trails case filed a motion for recovery of attorneys’ fees and costs under the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970 (“URA”). The URA provides that a plaintiff who is awarded compensation for the taking of property by a federal agency may be awarded “such sum as will in the opinion of the court…
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- Avera v. Secretary of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2008
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