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BRZONKALA v. VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE & STATE UNIVERSITY

No. 7:95CV01358.

115 F.Supp.2d 677 (2000)

Christy BRZONKALA, Plaintiff, v. VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE & STATE UNIVERSITY, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, W.D. Virginia, Roanoke Division.

October 2, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eileen Marie Nause Wagner, Richmond, VA, Barbara Burr, Washington, DC, for Christy Brzonkala.

Julie C. Dudley, U.S. Attorney's Office, Roanoke, VA, Robert P. Crouch, Jr., U.S. Atty., Roanoke, VA, Frank W. Hunger, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civ. Div., Washington, DC, John R. Tyler, Dennis G. Linder, Dept. of Justice, Civ. Div., Washington, DC, for U.S.

William Eugene Thro, Office of Atty. Gen., Richmond, VA, William Henry Hurd, Office of Atty. Gen., Richmond, VA, Jerry Dean Cain, V.P.I, & State University, Office of General Counsel, Blacksburg, VA, for Virginia Polytechnic and State University.

Monica Leigh Taylor, Gentry, Locke, Rakes & Moore, Roanoke, VA, William David Paxton, Gentry Locke, Rakes & Moore, Roanoke, VA, Michael E. Rosman, Washington, DC, for Antonio J. Morrison.

Joseph Graham Painter, Jr., Painter & Demuth, PLC, Blacksburg, VA, for James Landale Crawford.

Sharon R. Chickering Trial Lawyers, P.C., Roanoke, VA, Julie Goldscheid, Pamela Coukos, Deborah Ellis, Now Legal Defense and Educ. Fund, New York, NY, Minna Kotkin, BLS Legal Services Corp., Brooklyn, NY, for Now Legal Defense and Educ. Fund.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

KISER, Senior District Judge.

Before the Court is a motion by Defendants Antonio J. Morrison and James Landale Crawford to recover attorneys fees arising from their successful defense against Plaintiffs claim under Subtitle C of the Violence Against Women Act, 42 U.S.C. § 13981 (VAWA). This motion raises the issue of whether defendants who successfully challenge the constitutionality of a federal law are able...

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