The U.S. Supreme Court said judges may award fee enhancements above the "lodestar" amount to lawyers in civil rights cases, but only in rare and well-documented circumstances. However, the 5-4 majority rejected the fee enhancement in the case before it and sent it back to the lower court with the possibility that, with enough justification, the additional award could be revived.
April 22, 2010 at 12:00 AM
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WASHINGTON – The U.S. Supreme Court said judges may award fee enhancements above the “lodestar” amount to lawyers in civil rights cases, but only in rare and well-documented circumstances.
However, the 5-4 majority rejected the fee enhancement in the case before it, Perdue v. Kenny A., 08-970, and sent it back to the lower court with the possibility that, with enough justification, the additional award could be revived.
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