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Captain Lori Albunio et al., Appellants,v.The City of New York, et al., Defendants, Mary D. Dorman, Nonparty-Respondent.

Brief

38 Cited authorities

  1. Fox v. Vice

    563 U.S. 826 (2011)   Cited 1,781 times   12 Legal Analyses
    Holding that district courts "may use estimates in calculating and allocating an attorney's time[, a]nd appellate courts must give substantial deference to these determinations"

  2. Riverside v. Rivera

    477 U.S. 561 (1986)   Cited 1,415 times
    Holding a defendant is not liable for § 1988 attorney fees which are incurred after a Rule 68 offer of judgment "where the judgment recovered by the plaintiff is less than the offer"

  3. W.W.W. Assocs v. Giancontieri

    77 N.Y.2d 157 (N.Y. 1990)   Cited 2,205 times   5 Legal Analyses
    Holding that extrinsic evidence was immaterial, in part because the contract plainly manifested intent that all prior understandings were merged into the contract, which expressed the parties' full agreement

  4. Williams v. N.Y. City Hous. Auth

    61 A.D.3d 62 (N.Y. App. Div. 2009)   Cited 1,022 times   17 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the continuing violation doctrine did not apply to plaintiff's NYCHRL claim because plaintiff failed to allege any "actionable conduct during the limitations period"

  5. Venegas v. Mitchell

    495 U.S. 82 (1990)   Cited 331 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that it is the party’s right to waive, settle, or negotiate the party’s entitlement to receive attorney’s fees

  6. Pickett v. Sheridan Health Care Ctr.

    664 F.3d 632 (7th Cir. 2011)   Cited 360 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the attorney's substantial evidence pointed to a rate lower than the one requested, but observing that if defendant had submitted no evidence on this issue, then the district court would be required to award fees at plaintiff's proposed rate

  7. Albunio v. City of New York

    2011 N.Y. Slip Op. 2480 (N.Y. 2011)   Cited 353 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Holding that courts must construe provisions of the NYCHRL "broadly in favor of discrimination plaintiffs, to the extent that such a construction is reasonably possible"

  8. Commissioner v. Banks

    543 U.S. 426 (2005)   Cited 131 times   8 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the entirety of litigation settlement proceeds was taxable income to client, not net after payment of attorney fees

  9. Cunningham v. County of Los Angeles

    879 F.2d 481 (9th Cir. 1988)   Cited 516 times
    Holding four justifications for adjusting the lodestar improper because they are subsumed in the lodestar determination itself

  10. Ashwood Capital, Inc. v. OTG Management, Inc.

    99 A.D.3d 1 (N.Y. App. Div. 2012)   Cited 140 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding that because the transactions in question fell outside the scope of the subject contract, the contract did not bar the unjust enrichment claim

  11. Section 2518 - Procedure for interception of wire, oral, or electronic communications

    18 U.S.C. § 2518   Cited 2,893 times   13 Legal Analyses
    Recognizing that some investigative techniques may be “too dangerous”