Legal Opinion
Curtis Cowan v. The Prudential Insurance Company of America
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided June 12, 1991No. 930, Docket 90-7865PublishedCited by 72 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GEORGE C. PRATT, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiff appeals the award of only $20,-000 in attorney’s fees under the Civil Rights Attorney’s Fees Award Act of 1976, 42 U.S.C. § 1988, entered in the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut, Ralph K. Winter, United States Circuit Judge, sitting by designation. The fee was awarded after a bench trial in an employment discrimination suit that resulted in a damage award of $15,000 for emotional distress, Following the prescribed “lodestar” approach, see City of Riverside v. Rivera, 477 U.S. 561, 568, 106 S.Ct. 2686, 2691, 91 L.Ed.2d 466…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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- City of Riverside v. RiveraSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
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