Legal Opinion
O'BRIEN v. Town of Westerly Housing Authority
District Court, D. Rhode Island
Decided January 17, 1986No. Civ. A. 84-0125 PPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
PETTINE, Senior District Judge.
The plaintiffs have moved for the award of attorney’s fees and costs. The defendant Town of Westerly Housing Authority (WHA) sets forth the issues to be answered by objecting on the following grounds: “the plaintiff did not prevail under existing law”, the “defendants’ actions [were] not required by law,” 1 and an award of attorney’s fees would be unjust.
For reasons hereinafter stated each of the defendant’s objections are rejected. The Court finds the plaintiff is entitled to a fee and the matter is set down for an evidentiary hearing on…
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- Morrison v. AyoobCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1980
- Katherine Jeffries v. Georgia Residential Finance Authority, Harriet J. MacKlin Etc.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1982
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