LYNCH, J.
This case, here on the reservation and report of a single justice, concerns a claim by the plaintiffs against the State defendants for attorneys' fees under 42 U.S.C. § 1988 (1976).
The defendants contend that the plaintiffs' motion for fees was untimely and that we have no jurisdiction to consider it; alternatively, they argue that on the merits the plaintiffs are entitled to no fees under § 1988, or to a...
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