The following excerpt is from Huhmann v. Fedex Corp., Case No. 13-cv-00787-BAS(NLS) (S.D. Cal. 2015):
An attorney fee award need not be proportionate to the amount of damages a plaintiff actually recovers, where the success of the plaintiff also serves the public interest. City of Riverside v. Rivera, 477 U.S. 561, 574 (1986); see also Cowan v.
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