Lunday v. City of Albany

The City of Albany appeals from an order entered by Magistrate Judge Ralph W. Smith, Jr., in the Northern District of New York, awarding plaintiff-appellee James F. Lunday attorney’s fees under 42 U.S.C. § 1988. The City claims that the lower court erred by failing to sustain the City’s objections to certain items in the bills submitted by Lunday’s counsel, and by refusing to reduce the lodestar amount of fees by some ■percentage to reflect that Lunday achieved only partial success at trial. We agree with the Magistrate Judge that Lunday’s partial success at trial does not require a reduction…