GREEN v. CARBAUGH

Civ. A. No. 78-0768-R.

460 F.Supp. 1193 (1978)

James C. GREEN et al. v. S. Mason CARBAUGH, etc., et al.

United States District Court, E. D. Virginia, Richmond Division.

November 29, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert F. Brooks, G. H. Gromel, Jr., Hunton & Williams, Richmond, Va., for plaintiff.

John B. Purcell, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Richmond, Va., for defendants.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

WARRINER, District Judge.

On 26 October plaintiff filed a motion pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1988 for counsel fees and costs in this action. The parties have filed briefs in support and in opposition on the assumption that § 1988 is applicable to the action sub judice.

The Civil Rights Attorney's Fees Awards Act of 1976, 42 U.S.C. § 1988, was enacted in reaction to Alyeska Pipeline Service Co. v. Wilderness...

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