COYOTE v. ROBERTS

Civ. A. No. 76-0254.

502 F.Supp. 1342 (1980)

COYOTE et al. v. Dennis J. ROBERTS, II et al.

United States District Court, D. Rhode Island.

December 17, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph Gonnella, Providence, R. I., for plaintiffs.

Harold Krause, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State of Rhode Island, Providence, R. I., for defendants.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

PETTINE, Chief Judge.

In this § 1983 action challenging the constitutionality of a Rhode Island criminal statute, plaintiffs seek attorney's fees on the theory that their action was at least partially responsible for recent amendments to the statute which effectively mooted the case.

Plaintiffs are Jane Doe, a prostitute; COYOTE, a national organization of women and men (both prostitutes and nonprostitutes) who seek reform...

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