Legal Opinion
Robert A. Aronson v. United States Department of Housing and Urban Development
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided January 19, 1989No. 88-1524PublishedCited by 59 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOWNES, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) from an award of attorneys fees to Robert A. Aronson under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. § 552(a)(4)(E). Aronson and another attorney prosecuted the action in the district court. A third attorney handled the appeal. The district court awarded fees to Aronson, as well as the other two attorneys. There are two issues on appeal: whether attorney fees should have been awarded at all; and, if so, whether Aron-son, as a pro se lawyer, is entitled to fees for the time he…
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