Legal Opinion
Luciano v. Olsten Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided March 21, 1997No. Nos. 838, 1153, Dockets 96-7814, 96-7816PublishedCited by 204 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALTIMARI, Circuit Judge:
This is an appeal from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Spatt, /.), awarding attorney’s fees and costs pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-5(k) in a gender-based employment discrimination action. Plaintiff-appellant-eross-appellee Mary Ann Luciano, the prevailing party in this action to whom fees were awarded, contends principally that the district court erred in calculating a fee based on the prevailing rates charged by competent employment discrimination lawyers in the Eastern District, rather than the higher prevailing…
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