Legal Opinion
Garrity v. Sununu
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided December 27, 1984No. Nos. 83-1946, 83-1947PublishedCited by 103 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Chief Judge.
These are two appeals concerning an award of attorneys’ fees arising out of a largely successful civil rights class action brought by residents of the Laconia State School and Training Center (“Laconia”) of New Hampshire. We affirm the judgment of the district court in all except one particular.
I. THE FACTS
We begin by recounting some of the history of the case. Laconia is the only state institution that provides services to the mentally retarded in New Hampshire. Intended originally for children, it was later expanded to accommodate handicapped adults as well.…
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3Cited by103 opinions
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