Islamic Center of Mississippi, Inc. v. City of Starkville, Mississippi

ALVIN B. RUBIN, Circuit Judge:

The prevailing plaintiff in a civil-rights case contends that the district court abused its discretion when, in computing the lodestar for the award of attorney’s fees under 42 U.S.C. § 1988, it set the attorneys’ hourly rates at less than the amounts they usually charge other clients, and refused to enhance the lodestar calculated on this basis either for contingency or delay in receipt of payment. We affirm the judgment in part, but because the district court did not adequately explain the reasons for its actions, we reverse it in part, and remand the case for…