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DiFILIPPO v. MORIZIO

Nos. 814, 815, Dockets 84-7729, 84-7751.

759 F.2d 231 (1985)

Maria DiFILIPPO and Raina DiFilippo, by her mother and next friend Maria DiFilippo, Plaintiffs-Appellants, Cross-Appellees, v. Tullio MORIZIO, Defendant-Appellee, Cross-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided April 5, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert J. Kor, Hartford, Conn. (Peter F. Helwig, Neighborhood Legal Services, Inc., Hartford, Conn., of counsel), for plaintiffs-appellants, cross-appellees.

Kevin G. Dubay, Hartford, Conn. (Fazzano & Dubay, Hartford, Conn., of counsel) for defendant-appellee, cross-appellant.

Before FEINBERG, Chief Judge, VAN GRAAFEILAND and WINTER, Circuit Judges.

WINTER, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs, by their attorneys Neighborhood Legal Services, Inc., appeal the award of $13,253.73 in attorney's fees under the Civil Rights Attorney's Fees Award Act of 1976, 42 U.S.C. § 1988 (1982) by Judge Cabranes, resulting from a 50 percent reduction of the lodestar amount. Defendant cross-appeals from the award of attorney's fees. We reverse and remand.

BACKGROUND

This appeal and cross-appeal from the award of attorney...

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