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CAMPAIGN FOR A PROGRESSIVE BRONX v. BLACK

No. 85 Civ. 6443 (WK).

631 F.Supp. 975 (1986)

The CAMPAIGN FOR A PROGRESSIVE BRONX and Janet Villafane, individually and on behalf of others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. Robert S. BLACK, Matteo Lumetta, Martin Richards, James F. Bass, Rosemary A. Millus, Norman George, Ferdinand C. Marchi and Orlando Velez, Commissioners of Elections, as members of and constituting the Board of Elections of the City of New York, and Kay Amer, as chief clerk of the Bronx Borough Office of said Board of Elections, Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

March 11, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frederick J. Jacobs, New York City, Samuel Issacharoff, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights, Under Law, Voting Rights Project, Washington, D.C., for plaintiffs.

Frederick A.O. Schwarz, Jr., Michael C. Harwood, Corp. Counsel, City of New York, New York City, of counsel, for defendants.

MEMORANDUM & ORDER

WHITMAN KNAPP, District Judge.

Plaintiffs have moved for an award of attorneys' fees and litigation expenses pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1973l (e). Defendants oppose the motion.

FACTS

The complaint in this action was filed on August 27, 1985 seeking immediate injunctive relief under the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and its amendments, 42 U.S.C. § 1973 et seq. Plaintiffs alleged, inter alia,

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