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In Re:

OPPOSITION to MOTION for Attorney Fees 371

31 Cited authorities

  1. Hensley v. Eckerhart

    461 U.S. 424 (1983)   Cited 21,564 times   7 Legal Analyses
    Holding a civil-rights plaintiff can recover attorney's fees for claims that "involve a common core of facts or will be based on related legal theories," even if only one of those claims arises under a fee-shifting statute

  2. Jones v. GN Netcom, Inc.

    654 F.3d 935 (9th Cir. 2011)   Cited 1,454 times   7 Legal Analyses
    Holding that district courts should "award only that amount of fees that is reasonable in relation to the results obtained," even where counting all hours reasonably spent would produce a larger fees award

  3. Staton v. Boeing Co.

    327 F.3d 938 (9th Cir. 2003)   Cited 1,926 times   6 Legal Analyses
    Holding that "named plaintiffs ... are eligible for reasonable incentive payments" in addition to reimbursement "for their substantiated litigation expenses, and identifiable services rendered to the class directly under the supervision of class counsel"

  4. Rodriguez v. W. Publ'g Corp.

    563 F.3d 948 (9th Cir. 2009)   Cited 1,059 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding that settlement was substantively fair and reasonable to the class

  5. Vizcaino v. Microsoft Corp.

    290 F.3d 1043 (9th Cir. 2002)   Cited 1,074 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding state law governing underlying claims in a diversity action “also governs the award of fees”

  6. In re Community Bank of Northern Virginia

    418 F.3d 277 (3d Cir. 2005)   Cited 498 times   3 Legal Analyses
    Holding complete preemption exists with respect to Section 27, and state law usury claims against state-chartered bank were appropriately removed to federal court

  7. Lindy Bros. Bldrs., Phila. v. Am. R. S. San

    487 F.2d 161 (3d Cir. 1973)   Cited 875 times
    Finding "value of an attorney's time generally is reflected in his normal billing rate"

  8. Graciano v. Robinson Ford Sales, Inc.

    144 Cal.App.4th 140 (Cal. Ct. App. 2006)   Cited 270 times
    Determining an award of attorney fees is a highly fact-specific task best left to discretion of the trial judge, familiar with the matter and with the expertise to determine the value of the legal services performed in the case

  9. Matter of Continental Ill. Sec. Litigation

    962 F.2d 566 (7th Cir. 1992)   Cited 396 times
    Holding that when a common fund case has been prosecuted on a contingent basis, plaintiffs' counsel must be compensated adequately for the risk of non-payment

  10. Van Vranken v. Atlantic Richfield Co.

    901 F. Supp. 294 (N.D. Cal. 1995)   Cited 296 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a multiplier of 3.6 was "well within the acceptable range for fee awards in complicated class action litigation" and that "[m]ultipliers in the 3–4 range are common"

  11. Section 1021.5 - Attorney's fees in action resulting in enforcement of important right affecting public interest

    Cal. Code Civ. Proc. § 1021.5   Cited 1,723 times   19 Legal Analyses
    Providing that "a court may award" attorney's fees "to a successful party "

  12. Section 1780 - Action by consumer; remedies; senior citizens or disabled persons; costs and attorney's fees

    Cal. Civ. Code § 1780   Cited 648 times   3 Legal Analyses
    Granting standing to consumers who have suffered damage "as a result of" a violation