Does the attorney's fee statute apply to services rendered prior to its enactment?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Litton Systems, Inc. v. American Tel. and Tel. Co., 746 F.2d 168 (2nd Cir. 1984):
The question, properly viewed, then, is not simply one relating to the propriety of retroactive application of [the attorney's fee statute] to services rendered prior to its enactment, but rather, one relating to the applicability of that section to a situation where the propriety of a fee award was pending resolution on appeal when the statute became law.
Bradley v. School Board, supra, 416 U.S. at 710, 94 S.Ct. at 2015.
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