Certiorari Granted June 1, 1976. See 96 S.Ct. 2224.
TONE, Circuit Judge.
This appeal presents the question of whether the eleventh amendment bars the assessment of attorneys' fees against state officials sued in their official capacity under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. We hold that it does not, because we consider ourselves bound by the Supreme Court's summary affirmance in Sims v. Amos,
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