Case Name: City of Burlington v. Dague et al.
Court: Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1992-01-27
Citations: 502 U.S. 1071
Docket Number: No. 91-810
Parties: City of Burlington v. Dague et al.
Judges: 
Reporter: United States Reports
Volume: 502
Pages: 1071–1071

Head Matter:
No. 91-810.
City of Burlington v. Dague et al.

Opinion:
C. A. 2d Cir. Certiorari granted limited to the following question: "May a court, in determining a reasonable attorney's fee award under § 7002(e) of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, 90 Stat. 2826, as amended, 42 U. S. C. § 6972(e), or § 505(d) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (Clean Water Act), 86 Stat. 889, as amended, 33 U. S. C. § 1365(d), enhance the fee award above the lodestar amount in order to reflect the fact that the attorneys had taken the case on a contingent-fee basis, thus assuming the risk of receiving no attorney's fees at all?"