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DEARY v. CITY OF GLOUCESTER

Civ. A. No. 87-1691-T.

789 F.Supp. 61 (1992)

Walter DEARY, et al., Plaintiffs, v. CITY OF GLOUCESTER, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.

April 1, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edmund M. Pitts, Pitts & Pitts, Boston, Mass., for plaintiffs.

Richard E. Brody, Leonard H. Kesten, Morrison, Mahoney & Miller, Boston, Mass., Edward P. Reardon, Reardon & Reardon, Worcester, Mass., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM

TAURO, Chief Judge.

At issue is the fee request of plaintiffs' two attorneys in this police misconduct action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and Massachusetts law. A jury awarded plaintiff Walter Deary $25,000.00 in compensatory damages and $75,000.00 in punitive damages on October 25, 1991 at the conclusion of a nine day trial.1 The attorneys, Edmund R. Pitts and Edmund M. Pitts, seek $137,005.00 in fees and...

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