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SARGEANT v. SHARP

No. 77-1239.

579 F.2d 645 (1978)

Ruth M. SARGEANT, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. Alexander E. SHARP, II, et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided May 16, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Max D. Stern, Boston, Mass., with whom Stern & Shapiro, Boston, Mass., was on brief, for plaintiff, appellant.

Mitchell J. Sikora, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Boston, Mass., for defendants, appellees.

Before COFFIN, Chief Judge, CAMPBELL, Circuit Judge, WOLLENBERG, District Judge.

WOLLENBERG, District Judge.

Appellant contests an order denying a successful plaintiff in a civil rights action an award of attorney's fees sought under the Civil Rights Attorney's Fees Awards Act of 1976, Pub.L. No. 94-559, 90 Stat. 2641 (amending 42 U.S.C. § 1988 (1866)) and, alternatively, on the common law ground of bad faith conduct on the part of the losing party. Plaintiff-appellant sought declaratory and injunctive relief and damages pursuant to 42 U...

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