WOJTKOWSKI v. CADE

No. 83-1612.

725 F.2d 127 (1984)

Dana M. WOJTKOWSKI, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. Richard K. CADE, et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided January 13, 1984.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied February 1, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis Kerlinsky, with whom Louis Kerlinsky, P.C., Springfield, Mass., was on brief, for plaintiff, appellant.

Kevin B. Coyle, East Longmeadow, Mass., for defendants, appellees.

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


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied February 1, 1984.

LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Chief Judge.

In this appeal, Wojtkowski takes exception to the amount of the attorney's fee which the district court awarded to him after his successful prosecution of a civil rights action. 42 U.S.C. § 1988. Besides contending that the fee is inadequate, he also asserts that the district court improperly denied prejudgment interest both on the damages and on the fee. We affirm...

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