[Editor's Note: Advocates have reason to be pleased with the elimination of double taxation on attorney fees in civil rights cases (see the accompanying sidebar ' The Farrar Standard: Majority opinion's conclusion); but attorneys who hope to get paid for their efforts have reason to attend closely to the following state legal issue described by John Caher.]
Fee Award Rule For Civil Rights Cases Under Review in NY
The New York Court of Appeals has an opportunity to adopt ' or categorically reject ' the Farrar standard on attorney fees.
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