Legal Opinion
Richard Cohen v. World Omni Financial Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided January 30, 2012No. 11-13438UnpublishedCited by 1 opinion
Non-Argument Calendar.
1Per curiam
Richard Cohen appeals the district court’s grant of attorneys’ fees to World Omni Financial Corporation (“World Omni”) pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1988. On appeal, he argues that the district court abused its discretion in awarding World Omni attorneys’ fees and that, alternatively, the size of the award was an abuse of the court’s discretion. For the reasons set forth below, we vacate and remand the court’s award of attorneys’ fees.
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On May 13, 1995, while living in New York, Cohen leased a car. The lessor’s interest in the lease was assigned to World Omni. Pursuant to New York state law…
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