Legal Opinion
Betty L. Kimmel v. State of New York
New York Court of Appeals
Decided May 9, 2017No. 36PublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*390OPINION OF THE COURT
Chief Judge DiFiore.
Under the Equal Access to Justice Act (CPLR art 86; hereinafter EAJA), in certain circumstances a court may award reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs to a prevailing plaintiff or petitioner in a suit against the State. In this appeal we are asked to decide whether the EAJA permits the award of attorneys’ fees and costs to a prevailing plaintiff in an action against the State under the Human Rights Law for sex discrimination in employment by a state agency. We conclude that it does.
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From 1980 through 1994, plaintiff Betty Kimmel worked as a New York…
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