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GENERAL CAMERA CORP. v. URBAN DEVELOPMENT CORP.

No. 775, Docket 83-7828.

734 F.2d 468 (1984)

GENERAL CAMERA CORPORATION, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. URBAN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, Convention Center Development Corporation, and State of New York, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided May 8, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert S. Tobin, New York City, for plaintiff-appellant General Camera Corp.

Evelyn M. Tenenbaum, New York City, Asst. Atty. Gen. of the State of New York (Robert Abrams, Atty. Gen., Melvyn Leventhal, Deputy First Asst. Atty. Gen., Stanley Camhi, Asst. Atty. Gen., New York City, of counsel), for defendant-appellee State of N.Y.

Before FEINBERG, Chief Judge, and MANSFIELD and CARDAMONE, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

General Camera Corp. appeals from an order of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Thomas P. Griesa, J., awarding defendant-appellee State of New York $4,000 in attorney's fees. Judge Griesa found that plaintiff-appellant's action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 was "entirely groundless" and that, as a result, appellee was entitled to attorney's fees under 42 U.S.C. § 1988.

We accept Judge Griesa's conclusion...

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