Goetz v. Ricketts’s Empirical Analysis
1986
Citation profile
1
cited by 1 later decisions
April 1986
most recently cited
1 district ·
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1988
Relies on Hensley v. Eckerhart · Larry Nadeau v. Raymond A. Helgemoe, Warden, New Hampshire State Prison · Ramos v. Lamm · Battle v. Anderson · Ramos v. Lamm
Most-quoted passages
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“for each lawyer for whom fees are sought, all hours for which compensation is requested and how those hours were allotted to specific tasks — for example, how many hours were spent researching, how many interviewing the client, how many drafting the complaint, and so on.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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