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DRAFT FOR ATTORNEY REVIEW — NOT FINAL

Kumble v. Windsor Plaza Co., 161 A.D.2d 259 (1990)

Citation
Kumble v. Windsor Plaza Co., 161 A.D.2d 259 (1990)
Parent Document
Kumble v. Windsor Plaza Co., 161 A.D.2d 259 (1990)
Jurisdiction
New York (state)
Effective Date
1990-05-08

Full Text

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The landlord cannot expect this court to review the tenant’s attorneys’ extensive proof describing their services and substantiating 1,604 hours of work over 3½ years, all credible on its face, and, on its own, without any guidance whatsoever, come up with reasons why some unspecified portion of that work should be discounted (see, Matter of Rahmey v Blum, 95 AD2d 294, 301 ["If a Judge decides to eliminate hours of service adequately documented by the attorneys, he must identify those hours and articulate his reasons for their elimination (Northcross v Board of Educ., 611 F2d 624, 637, cert den 447 US 911).”]). We suspect that the trial court, which in granting the fee application in the exact amount demanded for the prehearing services, noted that the landlord "offered nothing to contradict or diminish the testimony and time records submitted in evidence”, must have felt similarly constrained by the absence of any appreciable opposition on the facts.