Legal Opinion
Kadlick v. Department of Mental Health
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 28, 2000PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMarshall, C.J.
This case arises from an award of attorney’s fees to the plaintiffs for legal work performed by the Mental Health Legal Advisors Committee (MHLAC)3 in a civil rights suit against the Department of Mental Health (DMH or depart*851ment). The plaintiffs had sought the fees under three statutes that allow an award of attorney’s fees to a “prevailing” party in such suits: 42 U.S.C. § 1988 (1994) (§ 1988); 42 U.S.C. § 12205 (1994) of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA); and G. L. c. 12, § 111, of the Massachusetts Civil Rights Act. The department appealed, claiming that, due to the existence of…
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