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SMITH v. FUSSENICH

Civ. No. B-74-472.

487 F.Supp. 628 (1980)

Kenneth W. SMITH et al., Plaintiffs, v. Cleveland B. FUSSENICH, Commissioner of State Police, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Connecticut.

April 16, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ann M. Hamilton Fleischmann & Sherbacow, Hartford, Conn., Davis S. Branch Fairfield County Legal Services, Inc., Bridgeport, Conn., Elizabeth B. DuBois, Eric D. Balber, Legal Action Center of City of New York, Inc., New York City, for plaintiffs.

Carl R. Ajello, Atty. Gen., Hartford, Conn., Frank Rogers, Asst. Atty. Gen., Meriden, Conn., for defendants.

Before TIMBERS and NEWMAN, Circuit Judges, and ZAMPANO, District Judge.

RULING ON PLAINTIFFS' MOTION FOR AN AWARD OF ATTORNEYS' FEES AND COSTS

ZAMPANO, District Judge:

This motion for an award of attorneys' fees and costs is brought by the New York Legal Action Center pursuant to the Civil Rights Attorney's Fees Awards Act of 1976, 42 U.S.C. § 1988, as amended, which provides in pertinent part:

In any action or proceeding to enforce a provision of sections 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985, and 1986 of this title ... the...

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