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HALL v. BOROUGH OF ROSELLE

No. 83-5659.

747 F.2d 838 (1984)

Jannie HALL, as Guardian and Guardian Ad Litem for Charles Hall v. BOROUGH OF ROSELLE, Elmer M. Ertl, Individually and as Mayor of the Borough of Roselle, Vincent F. Trolan, Individually and as Chief of Police of the Borough of Roselle, Michael Sakala, Individually and as a Police Officer of the Borough of Roselle, and John Rhodes, Individually and as Police Office of the Borough of Roselle. Appeal of BOROUGH OF ROSELLE, Elmer M. Ertl, Vincent F. Trolan, Michael Sakala, and John Rhodes.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided November 2, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elliot A. Lawrence, Methfessel & Werbel, Rahway, N.J., for appellant.

Andrew E. Ingram, Jr., Ronald Dean Brown, Newark, N.J., for appellee.

Before SEITZ, BECKER and ROSENN, Circuit Judges.

Submitted Under Third Circuit Rule 12(6) September 11, 1984.

ROSENN, Circuit Judge.

Congress enacted the Civil Rights Attorney's Fees Awards Act of 1976, 42 U.S.C. § 1988 (1982) (the Act) specifically to give the federal courts discretion to award attorney's fees to prevailing parties in the enforcement of civil rights acts passed by Congress since 1866. S.Rep. No. 94-1011, 94th Cong., 2d Sess. 1, reprinted in 1976 U.S.Code Cong. & Ad.News...

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