Legal Opinion
Brule v. Southworth
District Court, D. Rhode Island
Decided November 3, 1982No. Civ. A. 77-554PPublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
PETTINE, Senior District Judge.
In this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 case, which was successfully tried to the Court and affirmed on appeal, the plaintiffs’ attorney seeks an award of fees pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1988. The Court found that the defendants violated the plaintiffs’ rights protected by the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution. The procedural history, giving rise to this action, and a prior action from which it stems, is set forth in Brule v. Southworth, 611 F.2d 406 (1st Cir.1979); it need not be repeated here.
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2Cases cited23 opinions
- Johnson v. Georgia Highway Express, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- Hutto v. FinneySupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Larry Nadeau v. Raymond A. Helgemoe, Warden, New Hampshire State PrisonCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1978
- Dolores J. Copeland, Individually and on Behalf of the Class of All Others Similarly Situated v. F. Ray Marshall, Secretary of LaborCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1980
- Northcross v. Board of EducationCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1979
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Dana M. Wojtkowski v. Richard K. CadeCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1984
- United Nuclear Corp. v. CannonDistrict Court, D. Rhode Island · 1983
- Shields v. MartinIdaho Supreme Court · 1985
- Maynard v. Mine Hill Tp.New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1990
- Oriental Federal Savings & Loan Association of Puerto Rico v. CardonaDistrict Court, D. Puerto Rico · 1984
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