Harradine v. Board of Supervisors

Order unanimously modified, without costs, and, as modified, affirmed, in accordance with the following memorandum: In this action for a declaratory judgment which involves the distribution and apportionment of the members of the Board of Supervisors of Orleans County, the defendant board appeals from an award of attorney’s fees to plaintiff under the Civil Rights Attorney’s Fees Awards Act of 1976 (US Code, tit 42, § 1988). On February 20, 1980, in rejecting the grounds on which a prior award was made in this action, we held that attorney’s fees may be awarded under section 1988 upon a…