CHARLES MURPHY, PETITIONER,
v.
ROBERT SMITH, ET AL.
CHARLES MURPHY, PETITIONER,
ROBERT SMITH, ET AL.
138 S. Ct. 42
Supreme Court of the United States (2017)
Positive Treatment
Also reported at: 198 L. Ed. 2d 770
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Murphy v. Smith, 138 S. Ct. 784 (U.S. 2018)…here we have both sides of the debate, and our question, in a nutshell: did the district court have latitude to apply 10% (or some other discretionary amount) of the plaintiff's judgment to his attorney's fee award instead of 25%? See 582 U.S. ----, 138 S.Ct. 42, 198 L.Ed.2d 770 (2017) (granting certiorari to resolve this question). As always, we start with the specific statutory language in dispute. That language (again) says "a portion of the judgment (not to exceed 25 percent) shall be applied to satis…