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PERDUE v. KENNY A. EX REL. WINN

No. 08-970.

130 S.Ct. 1662 (2010)

559 U.S. 542

Sonny PERDUE, Governor of Georgia, et al., Petitioners, v. KENNY A., by his next friend Linda WINN, et al.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 21, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pratik A. Shah, for U.S. as amicus curiae, by special leave of the Court, supporting the Petitioner.

Thurbert E. Baker, Atty. Gen. of Ga, Dennis R. Dunn, Deputy Atty. Gen., Shalen S. Nelson, Sen. Asst., Atty. Gen., Elizabeth M. Williamson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Atlanta, GA, Mark H. Cohen, Troutman Sanders LLP, Atlanta, Georgia, for Petitioners.

Marcia Robinson Lowry, Ira P. Lustbader, New York, NY, Jeffrey O. Bramlett, Michael A. Caplan, Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, LLP, Atlanta, GA, Paul D. Clement, Adam Conrad, King & Spalding, LLP, Washington, DC, for Respondents.

Justice ALITO delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case presents the question whether the calculation of an attorney's fee, under federal fee-shifting statutes, based on the "lodestar," i.e., the number of hours worked multiplied by the prevailing hourly rates, may be increased due to superior performance and results.1 We have stated in previous cases that such an increase is permitted in extraordinary circumstances, and we...

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