Certiorari denied.
JUSTICE REHNQUIST, with whom JUSTICE WHITE joins, dissenting.
This case presents the question whether attorney's fees may be awarded under 42 U.S.C. § 1988 to plaintiffs in a civil rights action who obtain a preliminary injunction against a city when the city is later denied the right to appeal the issuance of the injunction because of mootness. In my view, the award of attorney's fees in such a situation is not authorized by any statute...
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