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PALMIGIANO v. GARRAHY

Civ. A. Nos. 74-0172, 75-0032.

466 F.Supp. 732 (1979)

Nicholas A. PALMIGIANO et al. v. J. Joseph GARRAHY et al. Thomas R. ROSS et al. v. J. Joseph GARRAHY et al.

United States District Court, D. Rhode Island.

February 22, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Mann, Providence, R. I., Matthew L. Myers, Alvin Bronstein, Edward Koren, all of the National Prison Project of the ACLU, Washington, D. C., for plaintiffs.

William G. Brody, Asst. Atty. Gen., Providence, R. I., Paul L. Foster, Cranston, R. I., Chief Legal Counsel, R. I. Dept. of Corrections, for defendants.

OPINION

PETTINE, Chief Judge.

Plaintiffs' attorneys, employed by the National Prison Project of the American Civil Liberties Union, seek an award of fees in compensation for their successful presentation of a major civil rights class action, wherein the Court ordered the defendants to correct unconstitutional conditions then existing at the Adult Correctional Institution (ACI). The defendants raise their objections...

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