Legal Opinion
Betancourt v. Giuliani
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided July 13, 2004No. 97 Civ. 6748(VM)PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION AND ORDER
MARRERO, District Judge.
In this attorney’s fees application, the Court must determine a reasonable fee for a plaintiff whose broad civil rights class action complaint ultimately resulted in only modest, individual success. In September 1996, the Manhattan law firm of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton and Garrison, LLP (“Paul Weiss”) began researching the prospect of challenging New York City’s (the “City”) policy of arresting homeless persons sleeping in public spaces. Paul Weiss eventually found two plaintiffs who had been arrested in a Feb ruary 1997 park sweep and, in…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Hensley v. EckerhartSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Johnson v. Georgia Highway Express, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- New York State Association for Retarded Children, Inc. v. Hugh L. Carey, Individually and as Governor of the State of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1983
- Joann S. Reed, Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross-Appellant v. A.W. Lawrence & Co., Inc., Defendant-Appellant-Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1996
- Marjorie Reichman v. Bonsignore, Brignati & Mazzotta P.C. Bonsignore, Brignati & Mazzotta P.C. Pension PlanCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1987
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3Cited by12 opinions
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