Legal Opinion
Bogan v. City of Boston
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided June 12, 2007No. 06-2028PublishedCited by 114 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOWARD, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal by prevailing parties in civil rights litigation against the City of Boston, Massachusetts. The appellants have raised several claims of error, the most important of which concerns circumstances under which a rejected offer of judgment, pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 68, will cut off a prevailing party’s entitlement to attorney’s fees.
Albertha Bogan and her three children 1 brought an action against the City, Mayor Thomas Menino, Commissioner of Inspee-tional Services Kevin Joyce, three Inspec-tional Services employees, 2 the Neighborhood Development…
2Cases cited44 opinions
- Hensley v. EckerhartSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- United States v. Ilario M.A. ZanninoCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1990
- Patsy v. Board of Regents of Fla.Supreme Court of the United States · 1982
- City of Riverside v. RiveraSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Memphis Community School District v. StachuraSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
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3Cited by114 opinions
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- Lederman v. New York City Department of Parks & RecreationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2013
- Matalon v. HynnesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2015
- Essex Insurance v. Bloomsouth Flooring Corp.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2009
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