Opinion ID: 222706
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: Fees for unsuccessful claims

Text: On cross-appeal, Lufkin attacks the other half of the district court's lodestar calculationthe number of hours reasonably expended. Lufkin claims that plaintiffs were awarded fees accrued in pursuing claims that were not successful. While plaintiffs initially waged an across-the-board challenge to Lufkin's employment procedures, the disparate treatment claims were dismissed, [7] and they prevailed only on the disparate impact claim relating to Lufkin's promotion practices. Lufkin must show clear error in the district court's factual determinations. Our decision to remand the case to the district court to recalculate the fee award using Goldstein Demchak's home-district rates as a starting point also disposes of this issue. Calculating fee awards is a holistic endeavor. See generally Hensley, 461 U.S. at 429-37, 103 S.Ct. 1933 (explaining that the amount of fees must be determined on the facts of each case and noting numerous competing considerations that might be balanced in determining the proper equitable judgment). Consequently, the district court may deem it necessary to reconsider this element of the fee award.