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O'Bannon, Jr. v. National Collegiate Athletic Association et al

MOTION for De Novo Determination of Dispositive Matter Referred to Magistrate Judge re Order on Motion for Attorney Fees

32 Cited authorities

  1. Hensley v. Eckerhart

    461 U.S. 424 (1983)   Cited 21,567 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. Moreno v. Sacramento

    534 F.3d 1106 (9th Cir. 2008)   Cited 1,255 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a court may impose a discretionary 10 percent "haircut"

  4. Dawson v. Marshall

    312 F. App'x 38 (9th Cir. 2009)   Cited 1,035 times
    Holding the assignment of a district judge to a case on which he had previously worked as a magistrate judge "violated no law and denied [the appellant] no right"

  5. Gates v. Deukmejian

    987 F.2d 1392 (9th Cir. 1992)   Cited 1,683 times
    Holding that the district court did not abuse its discretion by applying exception to the forum rule where local counsel were unavailable

  6. Welch v. Metropolitan Life

    480 F.3d 942 (9th Cir. 2007)   Cited 943 times
    Holding district court on remand could reduce requested rates based on "evidence that undermines the reasonableness of the rate requested" although the party opposing the request for fees had not previously introduced any evidence undermining requested rates

  7. American Civil Liberties Un. of Ga. v. Barnes

    168 F.3d 423 (11th Cir. 1999)   Cited 1,222 times
    Holding that the relevant market for attorney services and corresponding hourly rates is determined by where the case is filed

  8. McCown v. City of Fontana

    565 F.3d 1097 (9th Cir. 2008)   Cited 416 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding that "a comparison of damages awarded to damages sought" is relevant to a determination of the reasonable fee award

  9. Davis v. City and County of San Francisco

    976 F.2d 1536 (9th Cir. 1992)   Cited 596 times
    Holding that prevailing civil rights counsel are entitled to compensation for work that is "directly and intimately related to the successful representation of a client"

  10. Schwarz v. Secretary of Health Human

    73 F.3d 895 (9th Cir. 1995)   Cited 500 times
    Holding that exception to forum rule was inapplicable where the plaintiff's own declaration, the only evidence in support of an exception, showed only that she had difficulty obtaining local counsel

  11. Section 636 - Jurisdiction, powers, and temporary assignment

    28 U.S.C. § 636   Cited 500,203 times   39 Legal Analyses
    Holding that when a party fails to object to a magistrate judge's report and recommendation, our review of the district court's resulting decision is for plain error so long as the party "has been served with notice that [this consequence] will result from a failure to object"

  12. Rule 72 - Magistrate Judges: Pretrial Order

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 72   Cited 166,474 times   20 Legal Analyses
    Granting a party fourteen days to object to a Magistrate Judge's non-dispositive order

  13. Section 26 - Injunctive relief for private parties; exception; costs

    15 U.S.C. § 26   Cited 1,450 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Authorizing injunctive relief against "threatened loss or damage by a violation of the antitrust laws"