Legal Opinion
Rode v. Dellarciprete
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided January 4, 1990No. 89-5131PublishedCited by 393 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
NYGAARD, Circuit Judge.
This appeal stems from an award of attorney’s fees pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1988. Appellants, prevailing parties in a civil rights action, sought attorneys’ fees and costs of $186,328.88; the district court awarded them fees and costs of $54,746.02. Appellants argue that the district court committed several errors in determining their fee, specifically the court’s rulings regarding delay compensation, duplicative or excessive work, the contingency and negative multipliers, the sufficiency of the fee petition and the fee generated preparing the fee…
2Cases cited30 opinions
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