Legal Opinion
Carter v. Incorporated Village of Ocean Beach
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided July 21, 2014No. Docket No. 13-815-cvPublishedCited by 70 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DENNIS JACOBS, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiffs appeal from an order of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Feuerstein, J.), granting attorney’s fees and costs to the Defendants-Appellees pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 54(d) and 42 U.S.C. § 1988(b). Plaintiffs argue that (1) their claims were not frivolous; (2) they should not be liable for fees and costs associated with voluntarily dismissed claims, state law claims, and claims not enumerated in § 1988; and (3) the district court incorrectly calculated the fee award. We affirm.
Plaintiffs, five former…
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