Legal Opinion
Coulter v. Tennessee
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided October 29, 1986No. 85-5109PublishedCited by 96 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MERRITT, Circuit Judge.
This is an attorney fee appeal arising from a Title VII case. Robert Belton, a Vanderbilt University law professor who teaches in the employment discrimination field, was associated by another lawyer as co-counsel for a plaintiff who ultimately won her case. Mr. Belton challenges the District Court’s order reducing his separate attorney fee award against the losing defendants from $22,532 to $14,167. The appeal raises significant issues respecting the applicable hourly rate to be used under the “lodestar” approach to attorney’s fees1 and the approach to be followed in…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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- Blum v. StensonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Pennsylvania v. Delaware Valley Citizens' Council for Clean AirSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Hanrahan v. HamptonSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Northcross v. Board of EducationCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1979
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3Cited by96 opinions
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