Legal Opinion
Tejpal S. SETHY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ALAMEDA COUNTY WATER DISTRICT Et Al., Defendants-Appellees
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 16, 1979No. 77-2165PublishedCited by 103 opinions
1Per curiam
Plaintiff-appellant Tejpal S. Sethy appeals from the district court’s March 18, 1977 order denying Sethy’s motion for an award of attorney’s fees under the Civil Rights Attorney’s Fees Awards Act of 1976, Pub.L. No. 94-559, 90 Stat. 2641, 42 U.S.C. § 1988. 1 We reverse.
On May 20, 1971, Sethy filed suit against the Alameda County Water District and certain named individuals. He sought injunctive relief and damages for alleged violations of the Fourteenth Amendment and 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981 and 1983. Following a six week trial, on September 29, 1972, the jury returned a verdict in favor of the…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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- Larry Nadeau v. Raymond A. Helgemoe, Warden, New Hampshire State PrisonCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1978
- Zurcher v. Stanford DailySupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- The Stanford Daily v. James Zurcher, Individually and as Chief of Police of the City of Palo Alto, County of Santa Clara, State of CaliforniaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1977
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3Cited by103 opinions
- Hensley v. EckerhartSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Rufus E. Cunningham v. County of Los Angeles, and Richard Eiden, Real-Party-In-Interest-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1989
- Deerfield Medical Center, Medallion Executive Consultants, Inc. v. City of Deerfield Beach, City Commission of Deerfield BeachCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- John Furtado v. Harold BishopCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1980
- Williams v. Owens-Illinois, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1982
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