Legal Opinion
Carhart v. Stenberg
District Court, D. Nebraska
Decided August 10, 1998No. 4:97CV3205PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
KOPF, District Judge.
Having prevailed in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 effort to stop enforcement of Nebraska’s partial-birth abortion law, Dr. Carhart now requests (filing 47) that he be compensated for the attorney fees and expenses that he has incurred as a result of this litigation. See 42 U.S.C. § 1988(b) (Cum.Supp.1998). I will grant his motion in part and award fees and expenses of $46,855.29.
I. Background
The plaintiff, a doctor who performs late-term abortions on nonviable fetuses, sued the defendants in an effort to obtain declaratory and injunctive relief prohibiting the…
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