Legal Opinion
Jean Hart as Administratrix of the Estate of Levi Hart v. Richard W. Bourque, Jr.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided August 12, 1986No. 85-1629PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BAILEY ALDRICH, Senior Circuit Judge.
This is defendants’ appeal from an allowance of counsel fees to plaintiff following the settlement (except for the amount of fees) of a Title 42 U.S.C. § 1983 suit, with pendent counts, 608 F.Supp. 1091. Both sides describe it as a cause celebre on account of the incident out of which it arose. Because of the fee claims advanced, and the controversies engaged in by both sides, we, fearing it might become a cause celebre for another, and improper reason, postponed to our summer lull the detailed consideration that seemed called for.
On July 15, 1980, Levi…
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