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REID v. STATE OF N.Y.

No. 83 Civ. 2437 (KTD)

584 F.Supp. 461 (1984)

Elaine REID, et al., Plaintiffs, v. STATE OF NEW YORK, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

April 26, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Teitelbaum & Hiller, P.C., New York City, for plaintiffs; Herbert Teitelbaum, William J. Hibsher, New York City, of counsel.

Robert Abrams, Atty. Gen. of the State of N.Y., Melvyn R. Leventhal, Deputy First Asst. Atty. Gen., New York City, for State defendants; Marion R. Buchbinder, Asst. Atty. Gen., New York City, of counsel.

MEMORANDUM & ORDER

KEVIN THOMAS DUFFY, District Judge:

Plaintiffs move for an award of attorneys' fees pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000e-5(k), 1988. Defendants do not dispute plaintiffs' entitlement. The only dispute concerns the number of hours and whether the hourly rates claimed are "reasonable."

Plaintiffs' counsel seek as the "lodestar" amount their "customary" hourly rates of $135 per hour for the junior partner involved in the litigation...

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