Free Motion for Costs - District Court of Delaware - Delaware

Case 1 :04-cv—0091 1—Gl\/IS Document 176 Filed 07/1 1/2006 Page 1 of 3
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE
JAN KOPACZ, et al., )
) C.A. No. 04-911 (GMS)
Plaintiffs, ) (Consolidated with C.A. No. 04-1281 GMS)
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v. )
)
DELAWARE RIVER AND BAY )
AUTHORITY and CRAIG SWETT )
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Defendants. )

Plaintiffs’ Fourth Supplemental Petition for
Allowance of Counsel Fees and Expenses
Plaintiff, Jan Kopacz, by his counsel, respectfully petitions this Court to add the
following time to the previous petitions since all of this time was spent on the maintenance case.
07/08/06 Legal research 3.00 1,050.00
07/10/06 Preparation of motion 2.25 787.50
Total 1,837.50
Breakdown of time
Maintenance matters only
New Jersey litigation EAS 136.2 hrs. $ 47,670.00
CLS 25.7 hrs. $ 3,855.00
Post-Trial in Delaware
1. First supplemental EAS 46.7 hrs. $ 16,345.00
2. Second supplemental EAS Costs only
3. Third supplemental EAS 18.5 hrs. $ 6,475.00
4. Fourth supplemental EAS 5.25 hrs. $ 1,837.50
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Total Maintenance Only $ 76,182.50
Delaware litigation EAS 318 hrs. $111,300.00
Almost all on maintenance issues
Total time $187,482.50
Total expenses $ 16,343.03
Grand total of time and expenses $203,825.53
WHEREFORE, plaintiff respectfully requests the Court to award the additional counsel
fees and expenses being sought.
/s/ Bernard A. Van Ogtrop
BERNARD A. VAN OGTROP (DE447)
[email protected]
222 Delaware Avenue, Suite 1500
P.O. Box 68
Wilmington, DE 19899
(302) 888-0600
Attomeys for Plaintiffs
OF COUNSEL:
E. Alfred Smith, Esquire
E. Alfred Smith & Associates
1333 Race Street, Second Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Date: July 11, 2006

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I HEREBY CERTIFY that on July l2, 2006, I electronically filed with the Clerk of Court
Plaintiffs Fourth Supplemental Petition for Allowance of Counsel Fees and Expenses by
using CM/ECF which will send notification of such tiling to counsel of record.
/s/ Bernard A. Van Ogt_;og
Bemard A. Van Ogtrop, Esq. (DE 447)
bvanogt_;[email protected]
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