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GAGNE v. MAHER

No. 503, Docket 78-7414.

594 F.2d 336 (1979)

Virginia GAGNE, Individually, and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross-Appellant, v. Edward W. MAHER, Commissioner of Social Services, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided March 9, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edmund C. Walsh, Asst. Atty. Gen., Hartford, Conn. (Carl R. Ajello, Atty. Gen., Paul M. Shapiro, Asst. Atty. Gen., Hartford, Conn., of counsel), for defendant-appellant.

David C. Shaw, Hartford, Conn. (Legal Aid Society of Hartford, County, Inc., Joan Pilver, Hartford, Conn., of counsel), for plaintiff-appellee-cross-appellant.

Before WATERMAN, FEINBERG and VAN GRAAFEILAND, Circuit Judges.

FEINBERG, Circuit Judge:

This case raises interesting questions regarding application of the Civil Rights Attorney's Fees Awards Act of 1976 (Fees Act), which amended 42 U.S.C. § 1988. Defendant Edward W. Maher, Commissioner of Social Services of the State of Connecticut, appeals from an order of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut, 455 F.Supp. 1344 (1978), Chief Judge T. Emmet Clarie, awarding...

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