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DEARY v. GUARDIAN LOAN CO., INC.

80 Civ. 1976(MEL).

623 F.Supp. 630 (1985)

Dolores K. DEARY and Harvey London, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. GUARDIAN LOAN COMPANY, INC., Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A., Mullooly Jeffrey, Rooney & Flynn, Citibank N.A., European-American Bank, Chemical Bank, Sennet & Krumoltz, Sol Wachtler, Chief Judge and the New York Court of Appeals, the Administrative Board of the New York Courts and Robert J. Sise, Chief Administrative Judge of the United Court System of New York, Vincent Tese, Superintendent of Banks, Defendants.

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

December 26, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Toby Golick, Legal Services for the Elderly, New York City, for plaintiffs; John C. Gray, Jr., Jane Greengold Stevens, Brooklyn Legal Services Corp. B, Brooklyn, N.Y., of counsel.

Robert Abrams, Atty. Gen., New York City, for State defendants; Howard L. Zwickel, Jeffrey I. Slonim, Asst. Attys. Gen., of counsel.

LASKER, District Judge.

Plaintiffs in this § 1983 action obtained a declaratory judgment that various New York State statutes pertaining to the enforcement of judgments were unconstitutional and an injunction against enforcement of these statutes. They now seek attorneys' fees as "prevailing parties" under 42 U.S.C. § 1988 from Chief Judge Sol Wachtler,1 Chief Administrative Judge Robert J. Sise and Superintendent of Banks Vincent...

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