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LEWIS v. COUGHLIN

Nos. 734, 745, Dockets 85-2195, 85-2207.

801 F.2d 570 (1986)

Alean LEWIS, Gail Broughton, Linda Brown, Estelle Grant, Gloria Smalls, Audrey Smith, Shahana Taylor, and Denise Williams, Plaintiffs, Linda Brown, Audrey Smith, Shahana Taylor and Denise Williams, Plaintiffs-Appellees-Cross-Appellants, v. Thomas COUGHLIN, III, Sally B. Johnson, Margaret Daily, and Edward Sheehan, Defendants-Appellants-Cross-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided September 10, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher Keith Hall, Asst. Atty. Gen., New York City (Robert Abrams, Atty. Gen. of the State of N.Y., O. Peter Sherwood, Deputy Sol. Gen., Frederick K. Mehlman, Judith A. Gordon, Eugene Murphy, Asst. Attys. Gen., New York City, of counsel), for defendants-appellants-cross-appellees.

Dan J. Pochoda, Brooklyn, N.Y. (Wm. Mogulescu, of counsel), for plaintiffs-appellees-cross-appellants.

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

CARDAMONE, Circuit Judge:

The principal question presented on this appeal is whether the Civil Rights Attorney's Fees Awards Act of 1976, 42 U.S.C. § 1988 (1982), permits a lodestar award to be adjusted upward solely to account for the contingent nature of an attorney's fee. Also before us is a cross-appeal that challenges the district court's refusal to provide compensation for time spent in preparing the fee application and its reduction of the hours for which...

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