Legal Opinion
Carroll v. Blinken
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided January 15, 1997No. 34, Docket 95-9153PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WINTER, Circuit Judge:
This appeal arises from Judge Owen’s award of $25,000 in attorney’s fees to appellants. • They argue that the award is inadequate. Because appellants obtained only minimal relief, we believe that a higher award was clearly not justified. We therefore affirm the award. Appellants also challenge the district court’s holding that the various officials of the State University of New York (“SUNY’) at Albany cannot be jointly and severally liable- for the award of fees and costs. We find that SUNY may be liable for the fee award, and remand to the district court for the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Farrar v. HobbySupreme Court of the United States · 1992
- Doreen Pino v. Raymond Locascio, New York Hospital, Cornell Medical Center, Westchester DivisionCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1996
- Koster v. PeralesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1990
- Carroll v. BlinkenCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1994
- Carroll v. BlinkenCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1992
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Barfield v. New York City Health & Hospitals Corp.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2008
- Khaled Kassim v. City of Schenectady and Michael T. BrockbankCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2005
- Patricia McCardle Plaintiff-Appellant-Cross-Appellee v. Jonathan Haddad, Defendant-Appellee-Cross-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1997
- Carroll v. BlinkenCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1997
- Estrella v. P.R. Painting Corp.District Court, E.D. New York · 2009
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