Legal Opinion
Stephen J. Harbulak v. County of Suffolk
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided July 15, 1981No. 1276, Docket 80-9152PublishedCited by 85 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OAKES, Circuit Judge:
This appeal is by the defendant, the County of Suffolk, which seeks attorney’s fees in connection with the dismissal of a civil rights action brought against it by plaintiff Stephen J. Harbulak. The United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, Eugene H. Nickerson, Judge, in granting summary judgment for the County, held that the action was not “totally without foundation” and declined to consider awarding to the County attorney’s fees under the Civil Rights Attorney’s Fees Awards Act of 1976. 1 In our view, the civil rights action brought under 42…
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3Cited by85 opinions
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