Legal Opinion
Florida Pawnbrokers & Secondhand Dealers Ass'n v. City of Fort Lauderdale
District Court, S.D. Florida
Decided May 3, 1989No. 87-7008-CIV-JAGPublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
GONZALEZ, District Judge.
THIS CAUSE has come before the court upon the plaintiffs’ motion for an award of attorney’s fees pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1988 and costs. The defendant has filed two opposing memorandum, as allowed by this court’s order dated February 20, 1989.
To recover attorney’s fees under section 1988, the plaintiff must show that he is a “prevailing party”. This is certainly not an issue in this case. The primary relief requested by the pawnbrokers and the relief actually granted by this court was a declaratory judgment that the applicable Florida statute was unconstitutional…
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- Hensley v. EckerhartSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Johnson v. Georgia Highway Express, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- Mattie Norman, Clara Marshall, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated v. The Housing Authority of the City of MontgomeryCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1988
- Supreme Court of Virginia v. Consumers Union of the United States, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1980
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3Cited by13 opinions
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- James v. Wash Depot Holdings, Inc.District Court, S.D. Florida · 2007
- Tang How v. Edward J. Gerrits, Inc.District Court, S.D. Florida · 1991
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