PALMIGIANO v. GARRAHY

No. 82-1823.

707 F.2d 636 (1983)

Nicholas A. PALMIGIANO, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellees, v. J. Joseph GARRAHY, et al., Defendants, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided May 23, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William M. Walsh, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., with whom Dennis J. Roberts II, Atty. Gen., Providence, R.I., was on brief, for defendants, appellants.

Alvin J. Bronstein, Washington, D.C., for plaintiffs, appellees.

Before CAMPBELL, Chief Judge, BOWNES, Circuit Judge, and RE, Judge.


PER CURIAM.

The plaintiffs, representing a class of prisoners and pretrial detainees, brought suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging that the conditions of confinement in the Rhode Island prison system violated the eighth and fourteenth amendments. After a lengthy trial, and a ruling in the plaintiffs' favor on the merits, the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island awarded attorneys' fees to the plaintiffs pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1988...

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