GERENA-VALENTIN v. KOCH

No. 890, Docket 83-7808.

739 F.2d 755 (1984)

Gilberto GERENA-VALENTIN, in his former capacity as New York City Councilman and, individually, as an eligible voter, and on behalf of all Puerto Ricans and other Hispanic voters in New York similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Edward I. KOCH, as Mayor of the City of New York, City of New York, Thomas Cuite, as majority Leader and Vice Chairman, and the Chairman of the Committee on Rules Privileges and Elections of the Council of the City of New York, Council of the City of New York, Melvin Markus, as Chairman of the Redistricting Commission appointed by the Council of the City of New York, Board of Elections of the City of New York, Stanley Schlein, Attorney, Office of the Majority Leader, the Council of the City of New York, Stanley Friedman, as Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Democratic County Committee of Bronx County, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided July 3, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gabe Kaimowitz, Juan Cartagena, Jack John Olivero, President & General Counsel, Puerto Rican Legal Defense & Educ. Fund, Inc., New York City, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Edward F.X. Hart, Leonard Koerner, Frederick A.O. Schwarz, Jr., Corp. Counsel of the City of New York, New York City, for Municipal defendants-appellees.

Paul A. Victor, New York City, for defendants-appellees Friedman and Schlein.

Before KAUFMAN, OAKES and WINTER, Circuit Judges.


WINTER, Circuit Judge:

Gilberto Gerena-Valentin appeals from Judge Duffy's order denying his motion for attorney's fees under the Voting Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1973l(e) and awarding attorney's fees to defendants Friedman and Schlein under the Attorney's Fees Awards Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1988. We affirm.

BACKGROUND

This appeal arises out of a challenge under the Voting Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1973 et seq., to New York City...

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