Legal Opinion
Trimper v. City of Norfolk, Va.
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided March 25, 1994No. Civ. A. 2:93cv299PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
DOUMAR, District Judge.
Presently before the Court is plaintiffs motion for award of attorney’s fees pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1988. The parties have submitted memoranda and have appeared before the Court for oral arguments regarding this issue. Accordingly, plaintiffs motion is ripe for consideration by the Court.
I. Facts
Plaintiff brought an action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging therein that defendants violated her First Amendment rights by enforcing certain sections of the Norfolk City Code (the “Code”). The parties ultimately resolved the issues giving rise to…
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