How is an award for attorney's fees reviewed in the context of abuse of discretion?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Trevino v. Gates, 99 F.3d 911 (9th Cir. 1996):
We review an attorney's fees award pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 1988 for abuse of discretion. Corder v. Gates, 947 F.2d 374, 377 (9th Cir.1991). "As such, the district court's fee award will be overturned if it is based on an inaccurate view of the law or a clearly erroneous finding of fact." Id.
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