Conservative, Liberal Groups Unite in Legal Fee Case at High Court

An attorney fee case the U.S. Supreme Court will hear on Wednesday -- the first of two important fee challenges to be decided by the Court this term -- has created an unusual alliance among a host of public interest legal organizations spanning the political spectrum. The high court case asks whether an attorney fee award under a federal fee-shifting statute can ever be increased above the basic fee calculation because of the attorneys' outstanding performance and the results they obtained.

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