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CULEBRAS ENTERPRISES CORP. v. RIVERA-RIOS

Nos. 87-1562, 87-1659.

846 F.2d 94 (1988)

CULEBRAS ENTERPRISES CORPORATION, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. Miguel A. RIVERA-RIOS, et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided May 9, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jaime Sifre-Rodriguez with whom Cepeda, Sanchez-Betances & Sifre, Hato Rey, P.R., was on brief for plaintiffs, appellants.

Reina Colon De Rodriguez, Asst. Sol. Gen., Dept. of Justice, with whom Rafael Ortiz Carrion, Sol. Gen., and Norma Cotti Cruz, Deputy Sol. Gen., were on brief for defendants, appellees.

Before CAMPBELL, Chief Judge, BOWNES and BREYER, Circuit Judges.

LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Chief Judge.

This is an attorneys' fees case which presents a novel issue: can plaintiffs, two of whose attorneys rendered pretrial legal services at a time when it was known the attorneys would be called as plaintiffs' witnesses at trial, recover fees for those services under 42 U.S.C. § 1988 (1982)? The district court disallowed the challenged fees as a sanction for the two attorneys' believed unethical conduct. Culebras Enterprises Corp...

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