Legal Opinion
Eastway Construction Corp. v. City of New York
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided June 8, 1987No. 249, Docket 86-7504PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JON O. NEWMAN, Circuit Judge:
In Eastway Construction Corp. v. City of New York, 762 F.2d 243 (2d Cir.1985) (“Eastway I”), a panel of this Court determined that the prevailing municipal defendants should receive an award of “a reasonable attorney’s fee” and remanded the case for the determination of the appropriate amount. On remand, Chief Judge Weinstein concluded that, although the lodestar amount of a fee based on the hours reasonably expended by defendants’ counsel and the market rate for their services was $52,-912.50, the fee to be awarded would be $1,000. 637 F.Supp. 558 (E.D.N.Y.1986).…
2Cases cited22 opinions
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- Christiansburg Garment Co. v. Equal Employment Opportunity CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Piper v. Chris-Craft Industries, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1977
- O'Leary v. Brown-Pacific-Maxon, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1951
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3Cited by37 opinions
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