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2 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 24 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side — they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from People Who Care v. Rockford Board Of Education.

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1 People Who Care v. Rockford Board Of Education Anchor
ca7 · 1996
green “the attorney's actual billing rate for comparable work is 'presumptively appropriate' to use as the market rate.” 13
2 William McNabola v. Chicago Transit Authority
ca7 · 1993
green “the rate that lawyers of similar ability and experience in the community normally charge their paying clients for the type of work in question.” 11

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