Legal Opinion
Stenson v. Blum
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided March 26, 1981No. 78 Civ. 6044 (RWS)PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SWEET, District Judge.
In this, the final installment in this difficult litigation, attorneys for the plaintiff class seek an award of $118,968 as payment for their services in connection with their conduct of this action. The motion is granted.
The factual background of, and legal issues raised by, this civil rights action are largely set forth in a prior opinion of this court, Stenson v. Blum, 476 F.Supp. 1331 (S.D.N.Y.1979), aff’d, 628 F.2d 1345, cert. denied, - U.S. -, 101 S.Ct. 239, 66 L.Ed.2d 111 (1980), and will not be detailed here. Briefly, the case involved a challenge to…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- City of Detroit v. Grinnell Corporation, Manhattan-Ward, Incorporated v. Grinnell Corporation, 1225 Vine Street Building, Inc. v. Grinnell CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1974
- Maher v. GagneSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Larry Nadeau v. Raymond A. Helgemoe, Warden, New Hampshire State PrisonCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1978
- Deborah A. Northcross, Cross-Appellees v. Board of Education of the Memphis City Schools, Cross-Appellants, and City of Memphis, Added Cross-Appellants. Deborah A. Northcross, Cross-Appellees v. Board of Education of the Memphis City Schools, Cross-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1980
- Mid-Hudson Legal Services, Inc. v. G & U, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1978
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3Cited by34 opinions
- Blum v. StensonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Save Our Cumberland Mountains, Inc. v. Donald P. Hodel, Secretary of the InteriorCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1988
- Glover v. JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1991
- Vulcan Society of Westchester County, Inc. v. Fire Department of White PlainsDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1982
- Burke v. GuineyCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1983
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