Victorious plaintiffs lawyers routinely seek statutory fees in class actions and other civil rights litigation, but defense attempts are much less numerous. Yet a small cluster of defense moves -- like the one before Northern District of California Magistrate Judge Elizabeth Laporte, in which the Metropolitan Transportation Commission sought attorney fees after plaintiffs lost a suit challenging San Francisco Bay Area transit policies as racist -- has lawyers like Brad Seligman of the Impact Fund worried.
August 24, 2009 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
After copious litigation, plaintiffs challenging San Francisco Bay Area transit policies as racist were beaten at a bench trial earlier this year.
Then, in a move that struck some plaintiffs lawyers as uncommonly aggressive, the Metropolitan Transportation Commission asked Magistrate Judge Elizabeth Laporte to award up to $1.5 million in attorney fees.
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