U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
DL v. Dist. of Columbia, Corp.
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- Opinion
- Filed
- May 21, 2019
- Case
- DL v. Dist. of Columbia, Corp.
- Case status
- Decided
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Dissenting opinion filed by Senior Circuit Judge Sentelle. Tatel, Circuit Judge: When plaintiffs prevail in a civil rights case, the law usually entitles them to recover reasonable attorney's fees. Federal district judges, whom Congress has tasked with tabulating those fees, frequently find themselves whipsawed between two seemingly discordant instructions: (1) a…
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