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DAVID v. TRAVISONO

No. 79-1186.

621 F.2d 464 (1980)

Ralph Ben DAVID et al., Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. Anthony P. TRAVISONO et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided May 16, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Max D. Stern, Boston, Mass., with whom Anne B. Goldstein and Stern & Shapiro, Boston, Mass., were on brief, for plaintiffs, appellants.

Eileen G. Cooney, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Providence, R.I., with whom Dennis J. Roberts, II, Atty. Gen., Providence, R.I., was on brief, for defendants, appellees.

Before COFFIN, Chief Judge, CAMPBELL and BOWNES, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

These consolidated cases represent the final shot in a ten-year battle over conditions at the Rhode Island Correctional Institution. The sole issue is the propriety of the denial by the court below of attorney's fees and costs under the Civil Rights Attorney's Fees Awards Act of 1976 (Act) to appellants, prevailing parties within the meaning of the Act. We reverse and remand.

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