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FELDER v. FOSTER

107 Misc.2d 782 (1981)

Gloria Felder et al., Individually and on Behalf of All Other Persons Similarly Situated, Plaintiffs, v. Edwin A. Foster et al., Defendants.

Supreme Court, Monroe County.

February 11, 1981

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ian C. De Waal and Rene H. Reixach for plaintiffs. John D. Doyle and Christine E. Burke for defendants. Charles J. Genese and Milo I. Tomanovich for Monroe County Department of Social Services.

DAVID O. BOEHM, J.

This motion for attorney's fees is brought by the plaintiffs pursuant to section 1988 of title 42 of the United States Code following an action prosecuted under the Civil Rights Act of 1871 (US Code, tit 42, § 1983). Section 1988, known as the Civil Rights Attorney's Fees Awards Act of 1976, provides that a court may award a reasonable attorney's fee to a party who has prevailed in designated civil rights actions, including ones...

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