1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. F.Supp.
  4. 750 F.Supp.
  5. 750 F.Supp. 677 (1990)
 

VARGAS v. CALABRESE

Civ. A. No. 85-4725.

750 F.Supp. 677 (1990)

Josephine VARGAS, Martin Ellerbee, Marion Gargiulo, Joann Wheeler, Janice Sellers, Maria Rivera, Margarita Gonzalez, Plaintiffs, v. Christine CALABRESE, individually and in her capacity as former Chairperson of Hudson County Board of Elections, Frank Caleca, Lee S. Lichtenberger, the Hudson County Superintendent of Elections, Harvey L. Birne, as Hudson County Superintendent of Elections, Gerald McCann, individually and in his official capacity as former Mayor of the City of Jersey City, Matthew Burns, John Finn, Mark Munley, Defendants. Gerald McCANN, Mark Munley, John J. Finn, Matthew Burns, Defendants/Third-party Plaintiffs, v. NATIONAL UNION FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY OF PITTSBURGH, PA., Third-party Defendant. Gerald McCANN, Defendant/Third-party Plaintiff, v. J.R. INSURANCE BROKERAGE, INC., Third-party Defendant.

United States District Court, D. New Jersey.

As Amended November 14, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Juan Cartagena, Law Office of Ignacio Perez, Jersey City, N.J., Dept. of Puerto Rican Community Affairs, New York City, Samuel Issacharoff, University of Texas Law School, Austin, Tex., Ruben Franco, Arthur Baer, Ken Kimerling, Puerto Rican Legal Defense & Education Fund, New York City, Frank R. Parker, Lawyers Committee for Civ. Rights Under Law, Washington, D.C., and Seth Kreimer, Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiffs.

Arthur L. Porter, Jr., Brach, Eichler, Rosenberg, Silver, Bernstein, Hammer & Gladstone, Roseland, N.J., for defendants Harvey L. Birne, Hudson County Superintendent of Elections.

William J. Prout, Jr., Ellen Nunno Corbo, George Gerard Campion, Richard A. Roche, Tompkins, McGuire & Wachenfeld, Newark, N.J., for defendants Gerald McCann, Mark Munley and Matthew Burns.

Clifford A. Herrington, Margulies, Wind, Herrington & Katz, Jersey City, N.J., for Hudson County Bd. of Elections.

David Dembe, Deputy Atty. Gen., Robert J. Del Tufo, Atty. Gen. of New Jersey, Dept. of Law & Public Safety, Trenton, N.J., for Atty. Gen. of New Jersey.

OPINION

DEBEVOISE, District Judge.

The matter is now before the Court upon plaintiffs' application for attorneys' fees pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1988. Before addressing the contentions of the parties it is necessary to summarize the history of this case.

A. PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Plaintiffs, who are registered voters of Jersey City, filed the complaint in this action seeking declaratory relief and monetary damages on behalf of a proposed...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases