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AMERICAN FEDERATION, ETC. v. BALL

No. 80-1309.

439 A.2d 514 (1981)

The AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE, COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES (AFSCME), AFL-CIO, et al., Appellants, v. Robert BALL, et al., Appellees.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided December 30, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Winn Newman, Richard B. Sobol and Barbara Kraft, Washington, D. C., were on brief for appellants.

Raymond J. LaJeunesse, Jr., Washington, D. C., and Hugh L. Reilly, Kensington, Md., were on brief for appellees.

Before KELLY, MACK, and PRYOR, Associate Judges.

MACK, Associate Judge:

This is an appeal of an award of attorney's fees. While the general rule is that, in the absence of statutory authority, "`the prevailing party may not recover attorney['s] fees as costs or otherwise,'" Trilon Plaza Co. v. Allstate Leasing Corp., D.C.App., 399 A.2d 34, 37 (1979), quoting Alyeska Pipeline Co. v. Wilderness Society, 421 U.S. 240, 245, 95 S.Ct. 1612...

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