Legal Opinion
Barnes Foundation v. Township of Lower Merion
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided March 5, 2001No. 99-2055UnknownCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
GREENBERG, Circuit Judge:
I. FACTUAL & PROCEDURAL HISTORY
A. Factual History
This matter comes on before this court on appeal from an order entered on November 24, 1999, denying an application seeking attorney’s fees filed by certain successful defendants in the aftermath of *154the entry of an order dismissing the complaint against them in this civil rights action. The Barnes Foundation ' (the “Barnes”), which brought the action, is a Pennsylvania corporation that operates an art gallery on North Latches Lane in Lower Merion Township, Pennsylvania, in the Philadelphia suburbs.…
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- The Barnes Foundation v. The Township of Lower Merion the Lower Merion Board of Commissioners Gloria P. Wolek, Individually and in Her Capacity as President of the Township Board of Commissioners Frank Lutz, Individually and in His Capacity as Commissioner Kenneth E. Davis, Individually and in His Capacity as Commissioner Phyllis L. Zemble, Individually and in Her Capacity as Commissioner Ora R. Pierce, Individually and in Her Capacity as Commissioner James J. Prendergast, Individually and in His Capacity as Commissioner Alan C. Kessler, Individually and in His Capacity as Commissioner Brian D. Rosenthal, Individually and in His Capacity as Commissioner Joseph M. Manko, Individually and in His Capacity as Commissioner Howard L. West, Individually and in His Capacity as Commissioner W. Bruce McConnel Iii, Individually and in His Capacity as Commissioner James S. Ettelson, Individually and in His Capacity as Commissioner David A. Sonenshein, Individually and in His Capacity as Commissioner Regene H. Silver, Individually and in Her Capacity as Commissioner Steven Asher Ina Asher, H/w Robert Marmon Toby Marmon, H/w Walter Herman Nancy Herman, H/w Arthur Gershkoff Leonard H. Ginsberg Beth R. Ginsberg, H/w Mark Moster Marlene Moster, H/w James Nealon Lester Schaevitz Diane Schaevitz, H/w Michael Toaff Anna Lev-Toaff, H/w Bruce Schainker Ina Asher, Steven Asher, Nancy Herman Walter Herman, Robert Marmon and Toby MarmonCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2001
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