Legal Opinion
Nassau Trust Co. v. Belfield
Civil Court of the City of New York
Decided January 3, 1977PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the CourtNoah Goldstein, J.
Defendant and third-party plaintiff, by its attorneys, a Brooklyn Legal Services Corporation, brought on this motion to compel answers to be given to interrogatories propounded by them.
The third-party defendants, in the caption called "Counterclaim-Defendants,” served answers to the interrogatories dur*283ing the pendency of the motion. Brooklyn Legal Services now seeks costs at the rate of $75 an hour for the time and effort expended in drafting the motion papers.
CPLR 8303 (subd [a], par 2) provides for a discretionary allowance in an action "to any party to a difficult or extraordinary case,…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Atamanuk v. WongCivil Court of the City of New York · 1975
- Lopez v. City of New YorkCivil Court of the City of New York · 1974
- Burbell v. BurmanNew York Supreme Court · 1964
- Thompson v. T.F.M. Associates Inc.Civil Court of the City of New York · 1975
3Cited by1 opinion
- Entertainment Partners Group, Inc. v. DavisNew York Supreme Court · 1992