context: The school committee correctly points out that the results obtained by a claimant may affect the determination of attorney's fees; however, it incorrectly applies this principle to the facts of this case in requesting a downward adjustment of the lodestar. Salem v. Massachusetts Commn.
citation_a.signal: no signal
citation_a.identifier: 461 U.S. 424, 436
citation_a.parenthetical: a critical factor in determining reasonableness of fee award is degree of success obtained
citation_a.sentence: Against Discrimination, 44 Mass. App. Ct. at 648 n.29, citing Hensley v. Eckerhart, 461 U.S. 424, 436 (1983) (a critical factor in determining reasonableness of fee award is degree of success obtained).
citation_b.signal: see
citation_b.identifier: 82 F.3d 1179, 1191
citation_b.parenthetical: court may adjust the lodestar by "award[ing] only that amount of fees that is reasonable in relation to the results obtained"
citation_b.sentence: See Andrade v. Jamestown Hous. Authy., 82 F.3d 1179, 1191 (1st Cir. 1996) (court may adjust the lodestar by “award[ing] only that amount of fees that is reasonable in relation to the results obtained”).