HomeAway.com, Inc. v. City of New York

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK HOMEAWAY.COM, INC., Plaintiff, 18 Civ. 7742 (PAE) -v- OPINION & CITY OF NEW YORK, ORDER Defendant. PAUL A. ENGELMAYER, District Judge: This decision resolves an application by HomeAway.com, Inc. (“HomeAway”) for attorneys’ fees and costs under the Civil Rights Attorney’s Fees Award Act of 1976, 42 U.S.C. § 1988. In parallel lawsuits filed in August 2018, home-sharing platforms HomeAway and Airbnb, Inc. (“Airbnb”) sued New York City (the “City”). They challenged a City Ordinance obliging such platforms to produce to a city enforcement…