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KENNELLY v. STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

No. 82-1062.

682 F.2d 282 (1982)

Joseph J. KENNELLY, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. STATE OF RHODE ISLAND, et al., Defendants-Appellees, Richard D. Lemoi and Randall A. Paulhus, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided July 7, 1982.

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.

Mitchell S. Riffkin, Providence, R. I., for plaintiffs-appellees.

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

PER CURIAM.

This is an appeal from the amount awarded as attorney's fees pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1988 in a police brutality case.

The necessary facts follow. Plaintiffs-appellees Joseph J. Kennelly and Michael Kennelly are brothers. On August 9, 1975, they were taken by the Chief of Police of New Shoreham, Rhode Island, Vincent McAloon, to the New Shoreham Police Station as part of McAloon's investigation of underage drinking at a local tavern and the...

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