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JACKSON v. INHABITANTS OF TOWN OF SEARSPORT

456 A.2d 852 (1983)

Hervey JACKSON v. INHABITANTS OF the TOWN OF SEARSPORT et al.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided February 18, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kathleen C. Caldwell (orally), Pine Tree Legal Assistance, Inc., Bangor, Sunenblick, Fontaine & Reben, Harold L. Lichten, Portland, for plaintiff.

Peter K. Mason (orally), Searsport, for defendant.

Before McKUSICK, C.J., and GODFREY, NICHOLS, ROBERTS, CARTER and WATHEN, JJ.

NICHOLS, Justice.

In a day when dockets, state and federal, abound with litigation invoking 42 U.S.C. § 1988, the Civil Rights Attorney's Fees Awards Act,1 this appeal presents the narrow question of whether it was appropriate for the Superior Court to deny such an award where a person had to resort to court action to obtain general assistance from his town.

We affirm the judgment...

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