Bivins v. Wrap It Up, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Non-Argument Calendar.
1Per curiam
After a two-day bench trial, the district court found that plaintiffiappellant Bivens had been discriminated against by Annie Raso, the co-owner of a Nature’s Way Café, and Wrap it Up, Inc., the franchisor of Nature’s Way. The district court awarded both compensatory and punitive damages, injunctive relief, and — in accordance with 42 U.S.C. § 1988 — costs and attorneys’ fees to Bivens’s counsel Linda J. Ehrlich and Randall C. Marshall. 1 Bivens’s request for attorneys’ fees was significantly reduced and he now appeals that award.
Section 1988 allows for the recovery of “reasonable” attorneys’…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Hensley v. EckerhartSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Larry Bonner v. City of Prichard, AlabamaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1981
- Johnson v. Georgia Highway Express, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- Pennsylvania v. Delaware Valley Citizens' Council for Clean AirSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- City of Burlington v. DagueSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
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