WATCH v. HARRIS

Civ. No. H-78-539.

535 F.Supp. 9 (1981)

WATCH (Waterbury Action to Conserve Our Heritage Incorporated) v. Patricia Roberts HARRIS, individually and as Secretary, United States Department of Housing and Urban Development; Edward T. Martin, Regional Administrator, Region 1, United States Department of Housing and Urban Development; Lawrence Thompson, Area Director, United States Department of Housing and Urban Development; Waterbury Urban Renewal Agency.

United States District Court, D. Connecticut.

November 6, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Howard, Shaw & Howard, Middletown, Conn., for plaintiff.

George J. Kelly, Jr., Asst. U.S. Atty., Richard Blumenthal, U. S. Atty., Hartford, Conn., for all 3 government officials and H.U.D.

James E. Hartley, Jr., Secor, Cassidy & McPartland, Waterbury, Conn., for Waterbury Urban Renewal Agency.


RULING ON PLAINTIFF'S MOTION FOR ATTORNEYS' FEES

CLARIE, Chief Judge.

The plaintiff has applied to this Court for an award of attorneys' fees and expenses which arose out of litigation to preserve certain historic buildings in the City of Waterbury that were about to be demolished as part of a large-scale urban renewal project. The plaintiff relies primarily upon a recently enacted amendment to the National Historic Preservation Act, ("NHPA"), 16 U.S.C....

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