lodestar-method
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| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23-1163 | David G. Behenna v. Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, et al. | Eleventh Circuit | 2024-04-29 | Denied | attorney-fees civil-rights class-action common-benefit-fund due-process legal-method lodestar-method reasonable-attorney-fee reasonable-compensation settlement | 1. When determining a reasonable attorney's fee in a class action settlement with a common benefit fund, are district courts required to apply the per… | |
| 22-517 | Jenna Dickenson v. Charles T. Johnson, et al. | Eleventh Circuit | 2022-12-05 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) | attorney-fees common-fund equitable-fund johnson-factors judicial-discretion lodestar-method percentage-fee percentage-of-fund perdue-v-kenny | 1. Whether district courts may be required to use the inherently subjective and effectively unreviewable Johnson factors to determine common-fund fee … |
| 20-1349 | Rachel Threatt v. Ryan Thomas Farrell, et al. | Ninth Circuit | 2021-03-25 | Denied | Amici (3)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) | attorney-fees circuit-split civil-procedure class-action fee-awards lodestar lodestar-method reasonable-fees rule-23h | Whether, and to what degree, a district court must consider counsel's lodestar in awarding "reasonable attorney's fees" under Rule 23(h). |
| 20-360 | David Shinn, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, et al. v. Shawn Jensen, et al. | Ninth Circuit | 2020-09-17 | Denied | attorneys-fees circuit-court-split circuit-split civil-rights fee-enhancement judicial-discretion lodestar-method prison-litigation-reform-act prisoner-litigation statutory-interpretation | The question presented is whether the PLRA leaves any room for a district court to enhance a fee award in prisoner cases beyond what it statutorily pr… | |
| 19-244 | Isaacson/Weaver Family Trust v. Fresno County Employees' Retirement Association, et al. | Second Circuit | 2019-08-23 | Denied | Response Waived | attorney-fees civil-procedure class-action common-fund common-fund-settlement fee-shifting lodestar lodestar-method securities securities-law | 1. Do this Court's decisions defining "a reasonable attorney's fee" in fee-shifting cases also constrain a district court's discretion in awarding "re… |