FIDELITY GUARANTEE MORTG. CORP. v. REBEN

No. 86-1739.

809 F.2d 931 (1987)

FIDELITY GUARANTEE MORTGAGE CORPORATION, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. Howard T. REBEN, Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided January 21, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur H. Goldsmith, Boston, Mass., for plaintiff, appellant.

William J. Kayatta, Jr., Portland, Me., with whom Ralph I. Lancaster, Jr. and Pierce, Atwood, Scribner, Allen, Smith & Lancaster, Portland, Me. were on brief, for defendant, appellee.

Before COFFIN, BOWNES and TORRUELLA, Circuit Judges.


BOWNES, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff-appellant Fidelity Guarantee Mortgage Corporation (Fidelity) appeals from an award of attorney's fees and costs to defendant-appellee Howard T. Reben pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1988. In order to understand the issues, a history of the case is necessary.

I.

Fidelity, a Massachusetts corporation authorized to do business in Maine, opened an office in Portland, Maine, in February...

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