Legal Opinion
Edward A. Stefan, Jr. v. Robert A. Laurenitis, Etc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided November 17, 1989No. 88-2087PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RE, Chief Judge:
Plaintiffs-appellants, Edward Stefan and John Dunn, appeal from an order of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts which denied their motion for reasonable attorneys’ fees as the “prevailing parties” in an action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983.
Seeking injunctive relief and damages, Stefan and Dunn brought this section 1983 action alleging that their rights under the first and fourteenth amendments to the United States Constitution had been violated by defendants-appellees, Robert Lauren-itis and Marion Wysocki, officers of the Town of Sunderland,…
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