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AMN Distribution, Inc., a Delaware Corporation, et al. v. Athena Cosmetics, Inc., a Delaware Corporation
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 22-56178 · judgment July 16, 2024
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Question presented
When a federal district court is to award attorney fees to a prevailing party under statute or contract, [t]he district court [] should exclude . . . hours that were not ‘reasonably expended.’” Hensley v. Eckerhart, 461 U.S. 424, 434 (1983). The question presented is: Should attorney time spent due to a prevailing party’s fraud and misconduct be presumed unreasonable as a matter of law and excluded from prevailing party’s attorney fees?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
David Zarmi
Zarmi Law
For respondent
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Proceedings
- Apr 21 2025Petition DENIED.
- Apr 01 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/17/2025.
- Feb 10 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 17, 2025)
- Dec 19 2024Application (24A610) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until February 10, 2025.
- Dec 16 2024Application (24A610) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from December 26, 2024 to February 10, 2025, submitted to Justice Kagan.