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HART v. BOURQUE

No. 85-1629.

798 F.2d 519 (1986)

Jean HART as Administratrix of the Estate of Levi Hart, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. Richard W. BOURQUE, Jr., et al., Defendants, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided August 12, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven P. Perlmutter, Asst. Corp. Counsel, City of Boston Law Dept., with whom Harrison & Maguire, P.C., Boston, Mass., was on brief, for defendants, appellants.

Ellen K. Wade, with whom Henry F. Owens, III, and Owens & Associates, Boston, Mass., were on brief, for plaintiff, appellee.

Before BREYER, Circuit Judge, ALDRICH and ROSENN, Senior Circuit Judges.

BAILEY ALDRICH, Senior Circuit Judge.

This is defendants' appeal from an allowance of counsel fees to plaintiff following the settlement (except for the amount of fees) of a Title 42 U.S.C. § 1983 suit, with pendent counts, 608 F.Supp. 1091. Both sides describe it as a cause celebre on account of the incident out of which it arose. Because of the fee claims advanced, and the controversies engaged in by both sides,...

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