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.
October 13, 2009 at 12:00 AM
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An attorney fee case — the first of two important fee challenges to be decided by the Supreme Court this term — has created an unusual alliance among a host of public interest legal organizations spanning the political spectrum.
From the conservative Liberty Legal Institute in Texas to the liberal American Civil Liberties Union, the groups are backing Children’s Rights Inc. in New York, in Perdue v. Kenny A., which the justices will hear on Wednesday.
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