Legal Opinion
Koster v. Perales
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided May 10, 1990No. Nos. 891, 1062, Dockets 89-9029, 9071PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WALKER, Circuit Judge:
Defendants Cesar A. Perales, Commissioner of the New York State Department of Social Services (“State defendant” or “State commissioner”), Francis T. Purcell, Executive of the County of Nassau, and Joseph A. D’Elia, Commissioner of the Nassau County Department of Social Services (“County defendants”), appeal from a judgment entered in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Glasser, J.) awarding the plaintiff class attorney’s fees to be satisfied jointly and severally by the defendants in their official capacities pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §…
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