Legal Opinion
Nilsen v. York County
District Court, D. Maine
Decided November 10, 2005No. CIV 02-212-P-HPublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER ON MOTION FOR AWARD OF ATTORNEY FEES AND LITIGATION EXPENSES
HORNBY, District Judge.
I. Introduction
This is an award of attorney fees and expenses, out of a $3.3 million class action settlement for arrestee strip searches at the York County Jail. Although I approved final settlement in my Orders of August 18 and September 8, 2005, I reserved ruling on the motion for attorney fees. I conclude that the preferred method for determining a reasonable attorney fee is a market-mimicking analysis. Although the market data here is scant, it leads me to award 25% of the settlement, $825,000. Final…
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