lodestar-method

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
23-1163 David G. Behenna v. Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2024-04-29 Denied attorney-fees civil-rights class-action common-benefit-fund due-process legal-method lodestar-method reasonable-attorney-fee reasonable-compensation settlement When determining a reasonable attorney's fee in a class action settlement with a common benefit fund, are district courts required to apply the lodest…
22-517 Jenna Dickenson v. Charles T. Johnson, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2022-12-05 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) attorney-fees common-fund equitable-fund johnson-factors judicial-discretion lodestar-method percentage-fee percentage-of-fund perdue-v-kenny Whether district courts may be required to use the inherently subjective and effectively unreviewable Johnson factors to determine common-fund fee awa…
20-1349 Rachel Threatt v. Ryan Thomas Farrell, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-03-25 Denied Amici (3)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) attorney-fees circuit-split civil-procedure class-action fee-awards lodestar lodestar-method reasonable-fees rule-23h Whether a district court must consider counsel's lodestar in awarding 'reasonable attorney's fees' under Rule 23(h)
20-360 David Shinn, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, et al. v. Shawn Jensen, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-09-17 Denied attorneys-fees circuit-court-split circuit-split civil-rights fee-enhancement judicial-discretion lodestar-method prison-litigation-reform-act prisoner-litigation statutory-interpretation Whether the PLRA leaves any room for a district court to enhance a fee award in prisoner cases beyond what it statutorily prescribes
19-244 Isaacson/Weaver Family Trust v. Fresno County Employees' Retirement Association, et al. Second Circuit 2019-08-23 Denied Response Waived attorney-fees civil-procedure class-action common-fund common-fund-settlement fee-shifting lodestar lodestar-method securities securities-law Do this Court's decisions defining 'a reasonable attorney's fee' in fee-shifting cases also constrain a district court's discretion in awarding 'reaso…