context: Hotline next contends that the state did not incur any reimbursable attorney's fees because its lawyers already were on the government payroll as salaried employees. But salaried government lawyers, like in-house and non-profit counsel, do incur expenses if the time and resources they devote to one case are not available for other work.
citation_a.signal: see also
citation_a.identifier: 76 F.3d 114, 115-16
citation_a.parenthetical: affirming award under ERISA fee-shifting statute to prevailing pension fund for its staff attorneys' representation
citation_a.sentence: See Hamilton v. Daley, 777 F.2d 1207, 1213 (7th Cir.1985) (affirming fee award under 42 U.S.C. § 1988 to state’s attorneys for their representation of “prevailing defendants”); Napier v. Thirty or More Unidentified Fed. Agents, 855 F.2d 1080, 1092-93 (3d Cir.1988) (affirming fee award under Fed. R.Civ.P. 11 to government for time of assistant U.S. attorney in defending a frivolous lawsuit); see also Central States, Southeast & Southwest Areas Pension Fund v. Central Cartage Co., 76 F.3d 114, 115-16 (7th Cir.1997) (affirming award under ERISA fee-shifting statute to prevailing pension fund for its staff attorneys’ representation); see also Softsolutions v. Brigham, Young Univ., 1 P.3d 1095, 1106 n. 5 (Utah 2000) (collecting federal and state cases).
citation_b.signal: see
citation_b.identifier: 777 F.2d 1207, 1213
citation_b.parenthetical: affirming fee award under 42 U.S.C. SS 1988 to state's attorneys for their representation of "prevailing defendants"
citation_b.sentence: See Hamilton v. Daley, 777 F.2d 1207, 1213 (7th Cir.1985) (affirming fee award under 42 U.S.C. § 1988 to state’s attorneys for their representation of “prevailing defendants”); Napier v. Thirty or More Unidentified Fed. Agents, 855 F.2d 1080, 1092-93 (3d Cir.1988) (affirming fee award under Fed. R.Civ.P. 11 to government for time of assistant U.S. attorney in defending a frivolous lawsuit); see also Central States, Southeast & Southwest Areas Pension Fund v. Central Cartage Co., 76 F.3d 114, 115-16 (7th Cir.1997) (affirming award under ERISA fee-shifting statute to prevailing pension fund for its staff attorneys’ representation); see also Softsolutions v. Brigham, Young Univ., 1 P.3d 1095, 1106 n. 5 (Utah 2000) (collecting federal and state cases).