Legal Opinion
Lyons v. Cunningham
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided October 19, 1983No. 79 Civ. 3953 (JMC)PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
CANNELLA, District Judge.
Plaintiffs’ motion for costs and attorneys’ fees is granted in part and denied in part. 42 U.S.C. § 1988.
Defendants’ cross-motion for costs and attorneys’ fees is granted in part and denied in part. Fed.R.Civ.P. 68.
FACTS
After an eight-day trial, the jury found that defendants John J. Cunningham and Franklin D. Wood violated the constitutional rights of Larry Lyons and awarded his parents, plaintiffs Tenner and M. Cecil Lyons, $12,000 each for their mental anguish and sorrow. In addition, the jury also determined that defendant Fritz Fawcett…
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