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OLITSKY v. O'MALLEY

No. 78-1480.

597 F.2d 303 (1979)

Sonya OLITSKY et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Peter O'MALLEY et al., Defendants-Appellees, and John Larkin, Herbert Goodwin and Fletcher Wiley, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided April 30, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Miller, Asst. Atty. Gen., Boston, Mass., with whom Francis X. Bellotti, Atty. Gen., Boston, Mass., was on brief, for defendants-appellants.

Kenneth H. Tatarian, Boston, Mass., with whom Morris M. Goldings, and Mahoney, Hawkes & Goldings, Boston, Mass., were on brief, for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before COFFIN, Chief Judge, BOWNES, Circuit Judge, PETTINE, District Judge.

BOWNES, Circuit Judge.

Defendants-appellants appeal the refusal of the district court to award a reasonable attorney's fee pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1988. Appellants John Larkin, Herbert Goodwin, and Fletcher Wiley are Commissioners of the Massachusetts Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission (Commission). Sonya Olitsky and Joyce Matthews brought a 1983 civil rights action against appellants, a Boston police officer, the Boston Police Commissioner and members of...

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