Legal Opinion
Desena v. Lepage
District Court, D. Maine
Decided March 21, 2012No. 1:11-cv-117-GZS-DBH-BMSPublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER ON MOTION FOR ATTORNEY FEES & COSTS
BRUCE M. SELYA, Circuit Judge, GEORGE Z. SINGAL, District Judge, and D. BROCK HORNBY, District Judge.
Before the Court is Plaintiffs’ Motion for Award of Attorney Fees and Costs (Docket #49). As explained herein, the three judge panel GRANTS IN PART and DENIES IN PART the Motion.
I. LEGAL STANDARD
42 U.S.C. § 1988 allows the Court to award “a reasonable attorney’s fee as part of the costs” to “any prevailing party” in a case involving the vindication of civil rights, which necessarily includes this case in which Plaintiffs prevailed on their claim that…
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