Legal Opinion
Robert Orchano v. Advanced Recovery, Inc., Defendant-Third-Party-Plaintiff, Bank of New Haven, Defendant-Third-Party-Defendant-Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided February 11, 1997No. 730, Docket 96-7701PublishedCited by 74 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KEARSE, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiff Robert Orchano appeals from so much of a supplemental judgment of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut, Alfred V. Covello, Judge, as ordered defendant Bank of New Haven (the “Bank”) to pay him only $6,000 in attorneys’ fees and expenses in connection with his successful suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1994) for violation of his right to due process and under state law for debt collection by means of abusive and deceptive conduct. On appeal, Orchano, who recovered a total of $10,-500 in compensatory and punitive damages against the Bank…
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