United States Second Circuit

In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action, the court's retention of jurisdiction carried sufficient judicial approval of the settlement agreement to support an award of attorney's fees.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/30/2003
• Published 09/30/2003

Judges

• FEINBERG, Circuit Judge., Before:  FEINBERG, CARDAMONE, and SACK, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Randal S. Jeffrey, New York Legal Assistance Group, New York, NY, (Yisroel Schulman, on the brief), for Plaintiffs-Appellants., (Ellen M. Yacknin, Greater Upstate Law Project, Inc., Rochester, NY, for Amicus Curiae Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law, Center for Battered Women's Legal Services at Sanctuary for Families, Greater Upstate Law Project, Northern Manhattan Improvement Corporation, Partnership for the Homeless, Public Interest Law Office of Rochester, Urban Justice Center, Welfare Law Center, in support of Plaintiffs-Appellants.)


• For Appellees:
  
• Caroline M. Brown, Corporation Counsel of the City of New York, New York, N.Y. (Michael A. Cardozo, Kristin M. Helmers and Helen P. Brown, on the brief), for Defendants-Appellees.