Legal Opinion
Davis v. Little
District Court, D. Connecticut
Decided January 7, 1988No. Civ. No. N 82-369(TPS)PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RULING ON APPLICATION FOR ATTORNEYS’ FEES
THOMAS P. SMITH, United States Magistrate.
Counsel for plaintiff seek compensation of $41,669.23 in attorneys’ fees and costs *305for services rendered in connection with this factually complex civil rights action. See Davis v. Little, 670 F.Supp. 1115 (D.Conn.1987). Defendant’s objection to this award rests chiefly on plaintiff’s counsels’ purportedly insufficient documentation of hours spent on plaintiff’s behalf. Further, defendant suggests that, despite their having “prevailed” on the underlying litigation, his adversaries failed to advance…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- Blum v. StensonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- New York State Association for Retarded Children, Inc. v. Hugh L. Carey, Individually and as Governor of the State of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1983
- Davis v. LittleDistrict Court, D. Connecticut · 1987
- Rose v. HeintzDistrict Court, D. Connecticut · 1987
3Cited by2 opinions
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