United States Fifth Circuit

A reduction in the requested amount of attorney-s fees awarded to plaintiffs pursuant to settlement of an alleged Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) violation is affirmed over claims of error regarding findings of: 1) a failure to provide evidence of billing judgment; 2) success on the merits; 3) a refusal to depart from an adjusted lodestar amount.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/05/2006
• Published 05/08/2006

Judges

• PER CURIAM:, Before HIGGINBOTHAM, DeMOSS and OWEN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• James E. Moore, Jr., Simoneaux, Carleton, Dunlap & Olinde, Baton Rouge, LA, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Thomas R. Peak, G. Michael Pharis, Taylor, Porter, Brooks & Phillips, Baton Rouge, LA, for Defendants-Appellees.