Shields v. Blum

Appeal from that part of a judgment of the Supreme Court at Special Term, entered May 13, 1980 in Chemung County, which denied petitioner’s application for attorneys’ fees. The petitioner brought an article 78 proceeding seeking review of a fair hearing determination of the Commissioner of the New York State Department of Social Services (hereinafter Commissioner) and also alleged a claim under section 1983 of title 42 of the United States Code and requested an attorneys’ fee award (US Code, tit 42, § 1988). The parties consented to an “interim judgment by stipulation finally determining…