Court Opinion

ID: 9493920
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-05 15:23:19.150754+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:56:06.443877
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LOKEN, Circuit Judge,
dissenting in part.
I agree that the district court “gave the request for attorneys’ fees the careful scrutiny required and stated its reasons for awarding the amount in question.” Supra p. 709. Nevertheless, when the district court found the case significantly ov-erlawyered and in large part unsuccessful, I conclude it abused its discretion in awarding a fee of $277,900, almost six times the $47,100 in compensatory damages recovered by plaintiff Kathleen Kline. Accordingly, I would reduce the fee award to the amount urged by the fire department, $115,800. To that extent, I respectfully dissent.