Baird v. Bellotti

MEMORANDUM OF DECISION

ZOBEL, District Judge.

This case and, in particular, the petition for attorneys’ fees under 42 U.S.C. § 1988 of plaintiff-intervenor, Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts (“PPLM”), comes before me after a long history in both this court, 555 F.Supp. 579 (D.Mass.1982), and the Court of Appeals. That history has been fully recounted in opinions by both courts. Neither repetition nor further elucidation is necessary. It remains only to evaluate the services rendered by counsel for PPLM to establish the fee payable for such services and to award that fee. The parties…