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WILKINSON v. FORST

Civ. No. H-80-755 (JAC).

729 F.Supp. 1416 (1990)

Bill WILKINSON and James Farrands v. Lester FORST, Commissioner of Public Safety for the State of Connecticut at certain times relevant hereto, individually and in his official capacity; Donald Long, Commissioner of Public Safety for the State of Connecticut at certain times relevant hereto, individually and in his official capacity; Austin McGuigan, Chief State's Attorney for the State of Connecticut at all times relevant hereto, in his official capacity; and the City of Meriden.

United States District Court, D. Connecticut,

February 8, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip D. Tegeler, Martha Stone, Connecticut Civil Liberties Union, and Matthew Horowitz, Blume & Elbaum, Hartford, Conn., for plaintiffs.

Steven R. Strom, Asst. Atty. Gen., Hartford, Conn., for defendants.

RULING ON MOTION FOR ATTORNEYS' FEES

JOSÉ A. CABRANES, District Judge:

This action was brought in 1980 against officials of the Connecticut State Police Department and a local police department, challenging defendants' practice of searches of those attending Ku Klux Klan rallies. On June 30, 1986, this court held that weapons searches at such rallies violated Klan members' Fourth Amendment rights, and the...

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