Lodestar adjustment
U & I Sanitation v. Columbus, City of
The court holds that a sanitation company that successfully challenged a city's waste hauler ordinance under the dormant Commerce Clause should be awarded $29,720.20 in attorney fees and expenses. The company sought $42,285.75 in...
Wing v. Asarco Inc.
The court holds that an $8 million attorney fee award for plaintiffs' counsel, which arose out of a $67.5 million settlement in an environmental class action lawsuit and was based on a contingent-risk multiplier, is reasonable under the...