United States Second Circuit

In a dispute involving attorney's fees, district court judgment is vacated and remanded where the court erred in awarding attorney's fees to plaintiff's based on the prevailing hourly rates in the district where her counsel was based, rather than where the suit was litigated, as plaintiff did not satisfy the exception to the forum rule for attorney's fees.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/03/2009
• Published 08/03/2009

Judges

• JOHN M. WALKER, JR., Circuit Judge:, Before:  JACOBS, Chief Judge, JOHN M. WALKER, JR., and LEVAL, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Gregory Antollino, New York, N.Y., for Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross-Appellant., Steve S. Efron, New York, N.Y., for Defendant-Appellant-Cross-Appellee.