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BREWSTER v. DUKAKIS

Civ. A. No. 76-4423-F.

544 F.Supp. 1069 (1982)

David BREWSTER, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Michael S. DUKAKIS, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.

July 16, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven J. Schwartz, Mental Patients Advocacy Project, Western Mass. Legal Services, Northampton State Hosp., William C. Newman, Northampton, Mass., for plaintiffs.

Nonnie S. Burnes and Robert G. Bone, Hill & Barlow, Boston, Mass., for Mass. Ass'n for Retarded Citizens.

Michael Broad and Catherine A. White, Asst. Attys. Gen., Boston, Mass., for Evelyn McLean and Linda Glenn.

Michael Ponsor, Brown, Hart & Ponsor, Amherst, Mass., monitor for consent decree.

MEMORANDUM

FREEDMAN, District Judge.

This case is before the Court on plaintiffs' application for an interim award of attorneys' fees pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1988. This statute provides that:

In any action or proceeding to enforce a provision of [42 U.S.C. § 1983], the court, in its discretion, may allow the prevailing party ... a reasonable attorney's fees as a part of costs.

The plaintiffs' attorneys have submitted extensive...

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