92 Md. App. 179 - Johnson v. Wright’s Empirical Analysis
1992
Citation profile
10 state decisions
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Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Houghton v. County Comm'rs of Kent Co. · Maryland-National Capital Park v. Crawford · Md.-Nat'l Cap. P. & P. Comm'n v. Crawford · 80 Md. App. 322 - Larche v. Car Wholesalers, Inc.
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“A claim for counsel fees as part of a suit under the Magnuson-Moss Act is clearly analogous to a claim for counsel fees in a § 1983 action. In both types of action, an award of counsel fees is not made by a jury but is entirely within the discretion of the trial judge and, being dependent on the merits of the claim, ordinarily would not even be considered until after the verdict on the underlying action. We hold, therefore, that a claim for attorneys' fees under § 2310(d)(2) of the Manguson-Moss Act is collateral to the principal action so that an appeal will lie from a final judgment on the underlying claim despite the pendency of a decision on the attorneys’ fees claim.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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