Is contingency not a factor in establishing an attorney's fee?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Cervantes v. City of Los Angeles, 15 F.3d 1083 (9th Cir. 1993):
We remand the attorney's fee decision in No. 92-55966 to the district court for reconsideration in light of City of Burlington v. Dague, 112 S.Ct. 2638, 120 L.Ed.2d 449, 456-57, 459 (1992), which rejects contingency as a factor relevant to establishing a fee under 42 U.S.C. Sec. 1988.
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