Loretta J. Brokeshoulder SCHWARZ, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES, Defendant-Appellee

U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit · Decided 1995-12-22

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RYMER, Circuit Judge: This appeal requires us to consider the scope of a district court’s discretion to reduce the lodestar in a civil rights action for the time devoted to dismissed claims that the court found unrelated to a successful claim. We must also decide whether a reasonable attorney’s fee under 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-5(k) must be calculated by reference to the rates generally…

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