Legal Opinion
Ortiz v. Regan
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided November 26, 1991No. 90 Civ. 1609 (MBM)PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
MUKASEY, District Judge.
The last phase of this pension benefits case is plaintiffs application for counsel fees, most of which were incurred after plaintiff was offered and declined the identical relief she won after more than a year of additional litigation. Because I do not read the Equal Access to Justice Act to require that defendants subsidize such profligacy, plaintiffs counsel will recover a fee of $4750, instead of the requested $57,-378.75.
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Defendants cut off completely plaintiffs retirement benefits, without a pre-deprivation hearing, because of an apparent…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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- Maria Difilippo and Raina Difilippo, by Her Mother and Next Friend Maria Difilippo, Cross-Appellees v. Tullio Morizio, Cross-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1985
- Thomas Zarcone v. William M. Perry and James Windsor, Robert J. Anderson and Patrick GiambalvoCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1978
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3Cited by8 opinions
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