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PILKINGTON v. BEVILACQUA

No. 79-1638.

632 F.2d 922 (1980)

Robert J. PILKINGTON, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. Joseph J. BEVILACQUA et al., Defendants, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided October 23, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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, appellants.

John M. Roney, Providence, R. I., with whom Lynette Labinger, Providence, R. I., was on brief, for plaintiff, appellee.

Before COFFIN, Chief Judge, CAMPBELL, Circuit Judge, CAFFREY, District Judge.

COFFIN, Chief Judge.

This appeal arises out of an award of attorney's fees pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1988. Plaintiff-appellee, the unit program manager of the Northern Rhode Island unit of the Institute of Mental Health, brought an action against defendants-appellants, various state officials, under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging that his discharge from employment infringed his rights guaranteed by the First and Fourteenth Amendments. Plaintiff ultimately prevailed...

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