Legal Opinion
Joseph N. Grano, Jr. v. Marion S. Barry, Mayor, District of Columbia, Oliver T. Carr, Jr.
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided February 21, 1986No. 85-5264PublishedCited by 85 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WALD, Circuit Judge:
The District of Columbia (“District”) appeals from the District Court’s award of attorneys’ fees under 42 U.S.C. § 1988 to plaintiffs who successfully sought an injunction prohibiting the demolition of the Rhodes Tavern prior to a scheduled referendum dealing with the future of the tavern. The District urges several grounds for reversal: (a) because the referendum was eventually held unconstitutional by the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, and because the tavern was eventually razed, the plaintiffs were not “prevailing parties” under the statute; (b) since the…
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