Opinion ID: 588801
Heading Depth: 4
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: Uniform Hourly Rates

Text: 70 Appellants assert error in the district court's approval of a uniform hourly rate for all legal services performed by each attorney regardless of the nature of the services rendered (e.g., research, conferencing, court appearances). In Maceira v. Pagan, 698 F.2d 38, 41 (1st Cir.1983), we noted that, while Miles v. Sampson, [675 F.2d 5, 9 (1st Cir.1982),] upon which [appellants] rel[y], indicates the importance of using more than one rate when appropriate, it does not hold that differential rates are always required. Maceira, 698 F.2d at 41 (citing cases) (emphasis in original). Although it would have been within the bounds of the district court's broad discretion to assign differential rates for various legal services, appellants proposed no alternate rates and submitted no evidence that the rates charged by Procter & Hoar were not reasonable. We find no abuse of discretion in the decision to forego differential rates in these circumstances. 71