Legal Opinion
Meriwether v. Coughlin
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided December 13, 1989No. 80 Civ. 4712(CES)PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEWART, District Judge:
As this action approaches completion having been litigated on the merits on both the trial and appellate levels, this court must decide three remaining issues:
1. plaintiffs’ application for attorneys’ fees to the district court pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1988 (“section 1988”); 1
2. plaintiffs-appellants-cross-appellees’ (hereinafter “plaintiffs”) application for attorneys’ fees to the Second Circuit pursuant to section 1988; 2
3. plaintiffs’ application for costs on appeal pursuant to Rule 39(c) of the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure. 3
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3Cited by36 opinions
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