RAMIREZ v. COUNTY OF HUDSON


169 N.J. Super. 455 (1979)

404 A.2d 1271

LARRY A. RAMIREZ, PLAINTIFF, v. COUNTY OF HUDSON, A BODY POLITIC AND CORPORATE OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY, EDWARD F. CLARK, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS COUNTY EXECUTIVE OF THE COUNTY OF HUDSON, AND FRED F. NUGENT, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY OF THE COUNTY OF HUDSON, DEFENDANTS.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Chancery Division.

Decided July 13, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Howard Moskowitz for plaintiff (Mr. Jesse Moskowitz, attorney).

Mr. Martin L. Bearg, Assistant Hudson County Counsel, for defendants (Mr. Harold Krieger, Hudson County Counsel, attorney).


KENTZ, J.S.C.

This action was commenced pursuant to 42 U.S.C.A. § 1983 and is now before the court on plaintiff's motion for an award of counsel fees pursuant to 42 U.S.C.A. § 1988.

The relevant factual background is set forth in Ramirez v. Hudson Cty., 167 N.J.Super. 435 (Ch. Div. 1979). Subsequent to that decision plaintiff informed the court that he would not press his damage claim...

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