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BURKE v. CROSSON

191 A.D.2d 998 (1993)

595 N.Y.S.2d 274

William J. Burke et al., Respondents, v. Matthew T. Crosson, as Chief Administrator of The Courts of the State of New York, and as Representative of The Administrative Board of the Judicial Conference of the State of New York, et al., Appellants. (Appeal No. 2.)

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Fourth Department.

March 12, 1993

Order unanimously reversed on the law without costs and matter remitted to Supreme Court for further proceedings in accordance with the following Memorandum: The court abused its discretion in awarding plaintiffs counsel fees, pursuant to 42 USC § 1988, in the sum of $13,125. The court failed to provide a clear explanation for the amount of the fee awarded (see, Hensley v Eckerhart, 461 U.S. 424, 437; Matter of Rahmey...

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