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BETANCOURT v. GIULIANI

No. 97 Civ. 6748(VM).

325 F.Supp.2d 330 (2004)

Augustine BETANCOURT and Lambert Watson, individually and on behalf of all persons similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. Rudolph W. GIULIANI, in his official capacity as Mayor of the City of New York, Howard Safir, in his official capacity as Police Commissioner of the City of New York, and The City of New York, Defendants.

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

July 13, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel J. Leffell, Douglas Lasdon, New York City, for Plaintiffs.

Albert Fredericks, Paul A. Crotty, Corporation Counsel for the City of NY, New York City, for Defendants.

DECISION AND ORDER

MARRERO, District Judge.

In this attorney's fees application, the Court must determine a reasonable fee for a plaintiff whose broad civil rights class action complaint ultimately resulted in only modest, individual success. In September 1996, the Manhattan law firm of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton and Garrison, LLP ("Paul Weiss") began researching the prospect of challenging New York City's (the "City") policy of arresting homeless...

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