City of Burlington v. Dague
City of Burlington v. Dague
502 U.S. 1071
(United States Reports)
City of Burlington v. Dague
Opinion of the Court
C. A. 2d Cir. Certiorari granted limited to the following question: “May a court, in determining a reasonable attorney’s fee award under § 7002(e) of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, 90 Stat. 2826, as amended, 42 U. S. C. § 6972(e), or § 505(d) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (Clean Water Act), 86 Stat. 889, as amended, 33 U. S. C. § 1365(d), enhance the fee award above the lodestar amount in order to reflect the fact that the attorneys had taken the case on a contingent-fee basis, thus assuming the risk of receiving no attorney’s fees at all?”
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