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HANRAHAN v. HAMPTON

No. 79-912.

446 U.S. 754 (1980)

100 S.Ct. 1987

64 L.Ed.2d 670

HANRAHAN ET AL. v. HAMPTON ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 2, 1980.

PER CURIAM.

In the Civil Rights Attorney's Fees Awards Act of 1976, Congress amended 42 U. S. C. § 1988 to permit the award of a reasonable attorney's fee to the "prevailing party" as part of the taxable costs in a suit brought under any of several specified civil rights statutes. The respondents brought suit under three of those statutes in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, alleging...

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