Court Opinion

ID: 9796042
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-31 03:46:44.199152+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:48:42.958796
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WILKINS, Justice,
dissenting:
1 31 I respectfully dissent. Notwithstanding the clarification of how the district court is to apply the McCoy mandate of this court, the determination of attorney fees payable to each of the plaintiffs is an individual and fact intensive question for the district court. Even with the clear mandate of my colleagues as to how much the State is required to pay and to disregard any written agreement between the parties on the presumption that it must surely provide for more than the statutorily capped amount, I believe the district court was well within its discretionary boundaries to decertify the overall class action for purposes of calculating the individual attorney fee awards due each plaintiff given the different claims and factors at issue in each individual case. I would affirm the district court's decision, and remand for the calculations mandated by McCoy.